tOLl^E XXXIX.
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BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JULY 27TH., 1»1C.
' COUNTY CAMPAIGN OPENS.
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First Meeting Held at Williston Thurs
day With Small Attendance.
it FACES MANY DANGERS.
(By Staff Correspondent.)
Williston, July 20.—The first meet
ing of the county campaign was held
here today, with Capt. W. D. Black
presiding. The attendance was small,
only about 150 being present when the
candidates started to speak, but the
crowd later increased to about 250.
The meeting was called to order at
11:15 o’clock by Capt. W. D. Black,
after which the Rev. William Dunbar
offered prayer. Mr. Dunbar aho
made a few appropriate remarks in
regard to peace and order.
The candidates spoke in the fol
lowing order: County Commissioner,
County Supervise^ Sheriff, Coroner,
Representatives and the Senate.
Sheriff Morris hap no opposition, but
thanked the voters for their support in
the past.
The speeches of H. L. O’Bannon
and V. S. Owens, candidates for Mas
ter, were especially good and both
gentlemen well received, the honors
being about evenly divided. Mr. O’
Bannon made a thorough exposition
of the workings of his office, showing
the vast majority of his rulings have
been sustained by the Supreme Court.
W. Bratton Parker, candidate' for
‘iAtW House, who was prevented from
^^^^(ending op account of sickness, sent
typewritten speech which was read
^^>y the Rev. Mr. Dunbar. Mr. Dun
bar is a man of pleasing address and
• Mx. Parkar’k speech ssaa eo weH vrord-
ed that it would do honor to the Con
gressional Record.
The speeches of the five candidates
for the Sgnate were high-class and
would measure up with these of any
five men in any county in the State.
Perfect order preveailed at the
meeting.
REVIVAL CLOSES.
Many Coaversions sad Renewals of
Faith During 3 Weeks’ Meeting.
The three weeks' revival meeting,
which was conducted in the tabernacle
in The Circle by the Rev. Mr. An
drews. came to a successful close Sun
day night. During the mooting there
were several hundred conversions and
renewals of faith among the people of
this city and the adjacent country
side, and this section has taken on
new religious life.
Both Mr. Andrews and his co
workers, Mr. and Mrs. Wilgus, made
a moat favorable impression on the
people here and if they ever return
to this city they may be sure of a
hearty welcome. A purse of $500 was
made up by those who attended the
services and presented to these con
secrated workers. The lat’Jes also
presented Mrs. Wilgus with a (ameo
ring and Mr. Wilgus with a cameo
stickpin.
During the meeting several parties
of Bamberg folks motored over to
Barnwell to attend the services.
Nets and Guns Ready to Deal Des
truction to the Deutschland.
WIN FOR BAMBERG.
arnwell Team Beaten by the Score
of 7 to 2.
Bamberg, July 23.—The local team
was the victor Friday in a game with
Barnwell, the score being 7 to 2. The
visitors secured the lead at the first
of the contest, but the Bamberg boys
made six runs in the sixtn inning by
daring base running and poor throw
ing by the Barnwell tmm
Barnwell .,.101 000 000—2 6 3
Bamberg 000 016 00*—7 3 2
Creighton, Brown and Robison;
Bamberg, Rowell and Cooner. Um
pire, Bellinger.
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A Tribute to Faithfulness.
Lyndhurst, July 15.—Some weeks
ago there “retired from active ser
vice” in this community an aged ne
gro woman, .familiarly known to all
as “Maum Linny.” As a reward for
past faithfulness she is being provid
ed for by the citizens of this place. It
is with a feeling not unmixed with sad
ness that we note the failing and pass
ing away of these old characters, for
they seem to bripg to us dreams of
the days long ago. „
W£e seem to catch a glimpse once
more of bright days, sunny days, days
when the lamps of chivalry burned
‘ brightly for the South’s lassies, pure
and sweet as the rosebud which greets
the early morn, fed by, Southern suns
and kissed by Dixie’s gentle breezes.
We seem to see £gain the cotton
i rids at yore and can almost fancy
[e hear the strumming of the banjo
nd the old time eornflejd melodies.
May blessings ever rest on the fsith-
Jul slaves who served “old mar*ter"
and ‘‘missus’’ in the old plantation
days.
& & Gantt.
Will the German submarine Deutsch
land, which gave the world quite
recently one of the biggest marine
sensations which it has "ever received,
when she put into Norfolk harbor,
survive the traps which the allies
have set for her, or will she find an
anchorage in Davy Jones’ ’ockei T
What are the chances which this most |
daring of undersea runners has to |
evade the great nets which have been
set ready to snap her up and squeeze
her life out? Will she make her Ger
man port, or has her name gone down
in history as one full of daring and of
adventure? . j
Naval experts in • Washington be
lieve that the escape of the Deutsch
land will depend upon several points.
First, there must be taken into con
sideration both the width and depth
of the channel and the three mile lim
it, when she tries to get away. No
matter how deep the channel may be
—thedeeper the better—the main
question is as to its width. These
submarines may submerge to a depth
of 200 feet and must, naval officer^
say, come to the surface for fresh
air at least once in every four days. |
The nets which nie allies have
spread just ouUide of the three mjle
limit are much like s large steel hay
fork used by farmers in throwing up
hay. The poinU of the trident are
made with a fish hook attachment,
and- wv ratrhtng Botff tWFTITnT
way to loosen them except in the same
manner that a fish is detached from
a line when caught.
Thus when the allies would land
the submarine with one of their mam
moth nets there would be three ways
to demolish her. She might be 1
strangled to death—that ia, with a I
good hold the net would simply let
the submarine stay where she is sub- I
merged and after probably four days
her crew would be suffocated for want
of air.
Another wag would be for the allies
fasteirkheir pet on the submarine
then they could drag her around in
any way desired, just as though the
submarine were a large fish on the
hook. *
In uddiuon to this, once fastened on
the net, the submarine oputd he kept
there untl shot to pieces by gunfire.
Coming into a port of the United
Sutes, when there waa no watch be
ing maintained beyond the ordinary
one kept by the allies, is quite a dif
ferent matter from going out. Now,
the allies know exactly where the
Deutschland ia and unless all signs
fail, will also know when she sub
merges for her deep plunge. Within
a comparatively narrow channel, the
gigantic searchlights of the anti-Ger
man forces will plsy incessantly on
the waters and when the Deutschland
comes to surface they will be ready to
crack her in two in less than a min-
SOUTH CAROLINA REDEEMED.
(From The Augusta Chronicle, August 27, 1914.)
What Wade Hampton and his “red-shirt” patriots did for South
Carolina in "16, the people of that good old state did for themselves
Tuesday, under the leadership of Smith, Pollock, Jennings, Manning,
Cooper, Browning and others, in putting down Bleaseism. '
For almost four yearss, and particularly for the past two years,
the proud state of South Carolina has hung her head in shame for
having to acknowledge as her chief executive a man whose * delight
seemed to be in finding new ways to humiliate and -disgrace her.
Recognizing practically no law but his own will, and, seemingly,
having a supreme contempt for the iconventions of both - public and
private life, Cole Blease, as governor of South Carolina, made a rec
ord for himself and his state that has not been equaled in effrontery
anywhere in the South since reconstruction days.
What the carpetbagger and scadawag did with the negro vote af
ter the war, Blease and his henchmen have done with tthe “cracker”
and “blind tiger vote;” used it to ride rough-shod over the best senti
ment and purest patriotism of the Palmetto State
But that the best manhood of South Carolina is, and has ever
been, in the majority, was never better proven than in Tuesday’s elec
tion, when, by an overwhelming vote the good people of that state rose
in their might and indignation and buried Blease and Bleaseism for
ever.
By so doing, they have redeemed their state, and from now on the
proud and patriotic sons of South Carolina will not have to apologize
and make explanations for the predominating political influence in
their state.
While Hon. E. D. Smith was re-elected to the United States Sen
ate, and, thereby, gains the chief individual fruits of this political up
heaval, we think the fact must have impressed itself upon everyone
that the State of South Carolina owes an everlasting debt of grati
tude to Hon. L. D. Jennings and Hon. W. P. Pollock for their fearless
and unselfish fight in this senatorial contest, and to Manning, Cooper,
Clinkscalea and others ip the gubernatorial race. Indeed, South Caro
lina owes a debt to each and everyone jf her sons tkho contributed,
either by his voice or his vote, to her redemptioon.
"‘""Kuw mm' tsuuui eirtiiiKIHim^Tff Tier self upon a
plane, politically, there can be no thought that she will soon return to
the basis of the past four years; for after a political orgie of that
sort, with the inevitable revolt that has come about) the man will not
rise right sway who can again lead the masses of her people ipto mis
taken paths.
APPEAL TO DEMOCRATS.
“WHO IS YOUR FRIEND?’
Barnwell County Woman (ontraats
Conditiona Now aad Formerly.
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The Deutschland may, as she prob
ably will, lose herself for several days,
after she is submerged in order to
thfow the allies off her guard, but
should she come up in an unfortunate
place in range of the British guns it
would all be over. \
The world is now witnessing one of
the most exciting marine events'
its history.
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THE STATE CAMPAIGN. *
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Bamberg, Thursday, July 27.
Orangeburg, Friday, July 28.
St. Matthews, Saturday, July 29.
Sumter, Tuesday, August 1.
Manning, Wednesday, August 2.
Moncks Corner, Thursday August 3.
Georgetown, Friday, August 4.
Kingstree, Saturday, August 5.
Florence, Tuesday, August 8.
Marion, Wednesday, August 9.
Conway, Thursday, August 10.
Dillon, Friday, August 11.
Darlington, Saturday,' August 12.
Bishopville, Tuesday, August 1$.
Bennettsville, Wednesday, August
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Chesterfield, Thursday, August 17.
Camden, Friday, August 18.
Lancaster, Saturday, August 19.
Union, Tueiday, August 22.
Gaffney, Wedneaday,.’August 23.
York, Thursday,"August 24.
Chester, Friday, August 26.
Winnsboro, Saturday, August 26.
COUNTY CAMPAIGN MEETING.
Allendale, Saturday, July 29th.
Fairfax, Tuesday, August 8th.
Ulmer, W'edneaday, August lath.
Blackville, Tuesday, August 22nd.
Barnwell, Tuesday, August 24th. ,
Sheriff J. B. Morris Mhs purchased
aa Oakland touring ear.
Williston, July 24.—Th# other day a
man was walking down the street and
passed a very intelligent looking man.
He bowed hia head and passed on,
and a little further down the stroet he
met a very shabby looking man. He
spoke to him very politely and passed
a few very friendly remarks, which
indeed made this poor, shabby looking
man fael proud and made him think,
“This is a poor man’s friend,” Yea,
he ia the poor man’s friend.
We go to the home of this poor man;
we atop at the gate of a very small
cottage, out on the edge of the city,
where the. cqpditions are intolerable.
Ah, the wretchedness of such a home!
Oh, how pitiful to look at this man’a
wifrand children, this mother from a
high-standing family—once a beauti
ful young lady, now a sad and help
less looking woman. When she mar
ried this poor and shabby looking
man he was a fine young fellow—
their home was bright and happy. On
ly a few short years—and then how
dreadful! The destroyer of peace and
happiness came into that home, and oh,
how it crushed it! The father a habit
ual drunkard and that poor wife and
mother—what she suffered no tongue
can tell.
Poor, broken-hearted mother! The
misery of her life is beyond descrip
tion. Just go to that little cottage and
e for yourself—no food, no cloth-
comforts, no peace, no happi
ness, ^d the worst of all, no love.
Poor little pale-faced mother and
poor little sickly looking • children,
who is your friend? Is the man wtio
spoke so friendly and nice -to your
husband on the street the other day
your friend? No! Not. He is the
man who wants to put whiskey where
your husband can get all he Wgnts.
Again I say, who is your
Is it the man who is trying to put tL_
accursed stuff where he can get only
one gallon a month and trying to en
force the law and doing all in his
power to help the poor unfortunate
people of our State ? Is he your
friend? Yes, he is! In a Christian-
like spirit he ignores the slanders and
unjust things that are said about him.
He, the Governor of this dear old
State, is trying to build up all fallen
humanity and buHd anew the thous
ands of wretched homes just like the
one I have told you about. Do you
want to see these poor, helpless wo
men and children have better hqmes,
better clothing and food that will
bring health to their bodies and
strength to their minds T
Just stop and think for a moment
what the. conditions are now and what
they were two years ago
vast difference. Some My there
t Mved. And
this dear old State of ours is
tor condition than it wwt two years
ENDORSES EDITORIAL.
Party Needs Funds to Fight Unscru
pulous Campaign against President.
To The Democrats of South Carolina:
The Republican party is now en
gaged in the bitterest, meanest, and
most unscrupulous campaign ever
waged against a Democratic Presi
dent Having no issue with which'
they can successfully go before the
people and ask a repudiation of Presi
dent Wilson, they are resorting to
malicious slanders, the Moody shirt,
and sectionalism. If these fail them,
they will resort to the criminal use of
money and attempt to*4my the presi
dency. .
In the North and New England an
attempt is being made to go back to
the tactics used in 1860 and Recon
struction days, even the ghost of the
abolitionist is being appealed to, and
the slogan of the party ia: “The rebels
are in power; turn them out.” For
fifty years after the Civil War, the
North preached to us to forget it,
that we were a united people, and we
did; but today, forsooth, because a
Southern born statesman is in the
White House and Southern men in
Congress have been called upon to
assume the leadership of the party,
we are reminded that we are rebels,
and have no right to rule. Why ia
this plan of campaign resorted to?
For the simple reason that the Presi
dent and Congress have given to the
country a banking system that makes
|JU ahsnhfriy. indfpgndiaL j>f Uw.JU
nanrial centers of the North and
New England.
Rural Credits.
PLANT BURR CLOVER. ■
Whea Inoculated This Plant Grmra m ,
Successfully aa Cew Pena.
Special to The People.
Blackville, July 24.—“Burr Oaeur
will grow successfully on land whan
cow peas do well, provided the uecua-
■nry inoculation ia furnished,” says
Mr. H. G. Boylston, county dmoe
tion agent “It ia one of the
convenient and economical
that one can plant The spotted mu
or Southern is the best variety tu
plant The seed may be pUntod av
time from the first of August to Oe-
tober, the sooner the bettor. Wkm
they are put in cotton middles,
in at the last plowing of the
Be sure that the seed are not eevund
more than one-half inch deep, aad
•ow from five to seven bushels to the
acre. i
“There ia some inoculation carriad
on the hurra, but seme I —mlattoa
must be used if success is mads Aa
first year. The following method ef
inoculation is a good one to ana:
Dampen the seed thoroughly, Ada
QM one pound of soil from s bar
clover, alfalfa or mileletus field to
•ach pound of burrs. Roll tha hmtu
in this soil till they are
covered with it, then sew at
ering * to * inch deep with a
tivator, harrow or some other a
hie farm implement. Another a
od is to scatter 1,500 to 2,000 pa
of well inoculated soil to the acre
Allendale Maa Says the State Is Safe
If Maaaiag la Reelected.
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Allendale, 8. C„ July 20. 1916^-
Editor of The People, Barnwell, S. C.
—Dqpr Sir: I reed with internet
what you Mid in this week’s issue of
your valued paper as to why the
voters of the Stgte should retain at
the head of the State’s government
a man who has made good in every
instance where a cool head, a clear
understanding and a warm heart
were required to decide questions of — —
the greatest importance to the people return of the negro
of this State, not only of today but
the people of the future generaions.
Persons who have kept themselves
informed on matters of government
for the past year and a half cannot
fail to admit that Mr. Manning haa
handled with an unusual degree of
statesmanship. We must not lose
sight of the fact that when he
was inaugurated things were in a
fearfully "muddled" and chaotic con
dition, brought about by a governor
who had done a good many erratic
things, a few of which were the in-
discriminative pardoning of convicta
to the number of 1,500 or more, the
disbanding of the companies of the
National Guard and then resigning
as governor. If Mr. Blease wants
his friends to vote for him now, why
does he not tell them why he re
signed before the expiration of his
term ?
In my opinion it will be a great
mistake to make a change of gov
ernors now while the p-eat reforms
started by a wise legislature and now
being put into practice by our Gov
ernor are being tried out.
One more word, and that I wi H ad
dress to Solicitor Cooper, and I will be
done. J know, Colonel, that you are
all that a man' is looking for in in
tellect, brilliancy and fine judgment
on all things other than your decis
ion to run for office at this time. If
had bided your time and let us
Mr. Manning to a second term,
which you well know he should have,
not only because it is a custom in this
State, but by virtue of his so richly
deserving it, we would two years hence
have elected you as governor by the
largest majorty that a candidate has
ever received for anything in this
State.
Let it be. Woodrow Wilson ancLir . ‘V-* “ ‘'•“k*
Manning again and the Nation andiT nor and , ce ? ,flcate of th « national
State are Mfe | chairn,an of the service rendered the
J. L. Ellis. TfT „ „
I Let each president collect at once
Thf Rural credits bill, now certain
ef passage, ia another object of at
tack, tor the reason that it will en
able our farmers to borrow money at
a lower rate than ever before in the
history of the country. .
The Republican party ia owned by
capitalists and Money lenders. They
have no sympathy for any President
or party that advocates faimeM to
our farmers and people who borrow
money. If they win this election,
they will repeal or emasculate the
reserve banking act, the fanners' ru
ral credit act, and return to a high
protective tariff. They dare not ad
vocate these openly, for they know
that the people will repudteto them,
but once again in power they care not
what the people cry. The return of
the Republicans to
egro in office in the
South. It mgans a return to money
lender* of the power to make panics
and increase the rates of, interest and
further oppress the agriculturists of
the South and West. It means long
er hours of work for the laboring man,
and less pay. The Democratic party
is the working man’s party. It is the
only party that sincerely demands an
eight-hour day and just compenMtion
for men and women wha work in our
mills.
Can we afford to have a return of
the plutocrat to power? Can we af
ford to have our democracy converted
into a vulgar aristocracy of money?
Can we afford to have a social equal
ity for the negro in the*White House?
Is there a man in South Carolina who
would not willingly and cheerfully
give $1.00 to prevent this catasthrope ?
It takes money to rim a national cam
paign, especially when we have an
enemy that ' is unscrupulous, who
fights under cover and through the
slime of whispered scandal. No stone
will be left unturned to defeat Wood-
row Wilson, and for no reason except
that he has been honest and fair to
all alike, and hamallowed no hand* in
Wall Street to enter the treasury.
A Noble Cause.
I call upon every Democrat in South
Carolina to contribute $1.00 to this
noble cause.
The State Committee will present
to the president of the Democratic
Club who collects the most dollars in
proportion to the membership in his
club a Wilson banner, with a photo
graph of the Rresident signed by him.
The committee will also present to
the county chairman of ^jie county
contributing the greatest number of
4k* soil cannot be obtained than m*
the commercial culture
the directions.
“Burr clover does not
I very well on deeply broken. Too** Mfl,
and if it is neccosMry to break, fin m
some time before planting m the Mfi
' will bcome firm. • a *
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“Undoubtedly, burr clover in cm a#
the beet and meet economical nfl
builders, cover crops aad gra^w
crop# for winter, *o if yoa have ns$
grown It before begin NOW by eew-
iag a patch for eeed this faiL Tksm
the seed can afterward* to neefi to
sow winter cover crop* and pinto to
Bermuda sod* for winter pstlusM, I*
begin by planting a patch far aato
of e quarter, half or one acre.”
Additional infonaatisa caa to m
cured from Mr. Boylatsa at BtoA-
(Too lau far last week.)
Baldoc, July 18.—Several eaitoa
of melons are loaded tor* every A
Most of them are sold on the track i
Mtiafaetory prices.
Mrs. A. R. Lemon, of Allauiala, at
Mim Julia and Master Calhoun Las
on, of Barnwell, spent the Treat Si
of last week with the family of 1
M. Hill.
The crops in this section an to
ter in site and development ftoto f
many years past.
The negro that broke into Mr. !
H. Walker’s store last week is saifi
be one Henry Bing, who figwnd
many robberies here several yean m
A large posM is on his trail «i
bloodhounds and his capture Is a
tain.
Lyndhurst News.
dollars in proportion to the number of
| enrolled Democrats a Wilson and
be. l^oodrow Wilson and] ““ r8haI1 , bar>ne I’ 4 th a of
Minnow onrl _t
The Candidates fox Congress will $1.00 from each and every member of
address the voters of Barnwell Coun- bis club and send it to the county
ty in this city on Saturday, August chairman, who wR! send it to Gen.
5th. , j Wilie Jones, treasurer of the party, at
, Columbia.
Th t re a *8°. ,et *•! true citizens join their Let South Carolina be the banner that w* are not otoy
Lyndhurst, July 21.—The Rev. T
D..Hay, of Summerville, ia apaafi
ing some time here, the guest of U
son, Mr. E. G. Hay.
K Dr. R. C. Kirkland, qf Barnwell, wa
in town on professional buaineM as*
era! days during the past week.
Dr. L. M. Mace, of Barnwell, *m
here for a short while Monday.
. Quite a number of persons frua
this section attended the tg.
meeting in Williston on Tuesday.~A1
report a pleasant time.
The Melon crop in this section is m
abundant one from all appearaato
and many of the fanners are topi
busy shipping.
Two Near-Fires.
Barnwell had two narrow eaeapai
from gasoline fires last week. Hm
first occurred Thursday afternotm al
the garage of A. E. Hartin. 8«n
gasoline was spilled on the floor amis
careless cigarette smoker dropped a
lighted match on the volatile Upaifi
Sunday morning, just before the dam
of the revival services, a gaasAm
cigar-lighter in Burekhaltor’s Dn«
Store exploded. Prompt actiea M
each instance prevented a costly earn
flagration.
. -i. - . - . ■ — hearts and hands and form a com- State in rebuking the insulting ,
too much money spent to enforce Jbe pany so strong that the forces of paign now being waged against
laws. Compare the amount spent and Bleaseism will flee **
froth them like tha
the
while Philistines
tot- boy, David.
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