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tOLl^E XXXIX. M Ju»l Like, a Membar of (ha Family** ■ ' •* f '"-i BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JULY 27TH., 1»1C. ' COUNTY CAMPAIGN OPENS. ^ i ■■ i.nn m . 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. * * * -V *■ 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. ute. V 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. ) \* THE STATE CAMPAIGN. * * 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 16. - . 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. - - *• —w* r 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 $1.00 to this noble cause. The State Committee will present to the president of the Democratic Club who collects the most dollars in proportion to the membership in his club a Wilson banner, with a photo graph of the Rresident signed by him. The committee will also present to the county chairman of ^jie county contributing the greatest number of 4k* soil cannot be obtained than m* the commercial culture the directions. “Burr clover does not I very well on deeply broken. Too** Mfl, and if it is neccosMry to break, fin m some time before planting m the Mfi ' will bcome firm. • a * »-fi tin -** “Undoubtedly, burr clover in cm a# the beet and meet economical nfl builders, cover crops aad gra^w crop# for winter, *o if yoa have ns$ 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. t** Lel as *1*