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I *8RATE GOLDEN WEDDING.
Major and Mrs. J. A. Meyer Enter
tained Large Number of Guests.
United
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Meyer’s Mill, Jan. 20.—The home
Mr. and tyfrs. J. A. Meyer was a
scene of loveliness on the occasion of
the celebration of the 50th anniver
sary of their wedding day. The en
tire lower floor was thrown into one,
and most artistically decorated with
southern smilax, ferns and a profus
ion of cat flowers. The mimtles were
banked with white and yellow roses
with a background of green.
Promptly at 7 o’clock guests began
to assemble from every place in the
county and various places in this state
and Georgia. They were received at
the door by Miss Cleo Bo^d and Mrs.
. J. M. Cater. They were then presented
to the register’s desk, which was pre
sided over by Miss Willis. After reg
istering they were introduced to the
receiving line by Mrs. P. C. Boyd an£
Mrs. Spencer McSwain. Those in the
receiving line were: Mr. and Mrs. J.
B. Kirkland, Mr. and Mrs. W.
Meyer, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. *Meyer,
Mrs. James Bates, Mrs. Sallie Miller,
Mrs. Hiram Moore, Misses Ernest and
Mussie Meyer. • . *
From the artistic booths on the front
porch punch was served by Misses
, Myrtice Brabham and Annie Laurie
infree.
$he rear of the spacious hall and
:y concealed behind ferns and
tr pot plants was Balk’s Orchestra,
which furnished music the entire eve
ning. ' - ’ \
Promptly at 8 o’clock the wedding'
march announced tjie approach^oOlr.
and Mrs. M^yer with their attendants.
First came Mrs^ Sarah Miller with
Mr.* W. C. Rountree, cf Augusta, Ga.,
the only two surviving attendants of
their wedding fifty,years ago.
Next came Mr. Mqyer on the arm of
his * brother, Mr. C C. Meyer, and
Mrs. Meyer with MVs. C. C. Meyer.
They proceeded to the parlor, when
the *bride and groorrj of fifty years”
stood under the arch of the bay win
dow, over which was placed in gold
letters the dates 1866-1916, and from
which was suspended a cluster of fifty
white roses. Just above were two
golden hearts joined so as to repre
sent a double heart. The background
was of ferns and palms, with grace*
ful festoons Of smilax against the tint-
_ed walls, producing on the whole a
most artistic picture.
A few very fitting remarks were
made by Rev. E. H. Clark and there
was prayer by Rev. R. W. Sanders.
After this congratulations were in or-
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BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLMiA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 25th, 1917.
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NUMBER 23.
SAFEGUARD PEACE.
tates Cannot in Honor Re-
Alpof from Great Task.
TO DISCUSS PEANUTS.
Washi igton, Jan. 22.—Whether the
United >tates shall enter a world-
peace le igue, and, as many contend,
thereby Abandon its traditional policy
of isolation and no entangling alli
ances, w^f laid squarely before Con-
he country today by Presi-
in a personal address to
,E. B_. Gunter, Jr., Will Tell* Farme
. Advantages of This Crop.
gress and
dent Wils
the’ Senat
For the
hundred y
United Sta
chamber
An)
*mer
irst time in more than a
irs a President of the
s appeared in the Senate
discuss the nation’s for
eign gelafions after the manner of
Washington, Adams apd Madison. The
offect was to leave Congress, all of
ficial quarters and the foreign diplo-
mats amazed and bewildered. Imme
diately there arose a sharp division
of opinion,over the propriety as well
as thife substance of the President’s
proposal. " ' \ ;
“Startling!” “Staggering!”( “as
tounding!” “the noblest utterance that
has *fallen ^from human lips since the
Declaration of Independence,” were
among the expressions of Senators.
The President himself, after his ad-
dresi, said: “I have said what every
body has been longing for, but has
thoujght impossible. yNow it appears
to We possible.” ’ *“
Chief Points.
e chief -points of the President’s
aooiress were:
at a lasting peade in Europe can
not/ be a peace of victory for either
PERSHING’S ARMY ON MARCH.
Punitive Expedition Begins It* Move
ment Towards the Border.
’^Cbl. Harry Dr Cklhoun, president
the Home Bank of Barnwell, is in r
ceipt of a letter from Mr. E. B. G\
ter, Jr., of Aiken, requesting the fai
ers of Barnwell County to meet in t!
Court House at Barnwell on Mond
February 5th, at 11 o’clock, at w
time Mr, Gunter will discuss the
vantages of the peanut as a mo
crop. The letter is as follows:
Aiken, S. C., January 21st, 19^7,
Mr. Harry D. Calhoun, JBarnwell,
C.—Dear Mr. Calhoun: Will you ki
ly feive this notice to Ore newspap
of your county and ask them to ca
same this week in their papers, so
farmers of your county can meet
at the Barnwell Court House on
day February 5th, at 11 o’clock,
I may tell them of the advantage{
planting Spanish peanuts this Spri
I will tell them how to plant them,
furnish the seed, apd will send a
ing machine into Barnwell County
pick all the peanuts for them and
them the cash market price per
el. The prices now prevailing {
cents to ^1.20.
‘Two ' crops can be madq on
same plat of land each year; bes
the vines make fine hay for stock,
as the boll, weevil is near us, I Ire-
gard this an important move onfjthe
farmer’s part. . *
t * “E. B. Gunter, Jf”
El Paso, Texas, Jan. 22*—Informa
tion received at the Carranza consu-,
ate here late today said the American
punitive expedition had begun its
movement froth El -Valle toward the
border. v •
; The general movement of American
troops toward Columbus, N. M., from
Colonia Dublan, the field base, is ex
pected to be under way within the
next twenty-four hours, it was said
at the consulate. ,
Thirty-three trucks loaded with sur
plus ordnance have left Colonia Dub-
an for Columbus, N. M., while other
truck trains from the south which
have arrived in Columbus carried qrd^
GIRL HOLDS MOB AT BAY.
.ADVISORY BOARD MEETS.
But When . Brother | Takta Pistol,
, Would-be Lynchers Rush into Jail.
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Hampton, Jah. 21.—Dave Richards,
a'negro of Estill, was taken from the
county jail* here last night by a party
from Estill, and although not lynched,
he was badly beaten up and left in the
woods. - According ’ to the ^negro’s
statement, his life was spared as the
result cf the pleading df one member
of the party." .**
Thereports of the affair vary,
though the salient features are sub
stantiated. by a tiumbar of witnesses.
The negro, who, according to the re
port, was drunk, assaulted a Mr. Glov
er, an elderly man, who clerks in the
storo of Marvin O’Neal at Estill, last
night, hy h\u piafol
Several Recommendation* Mad* Id
Barnwell County Delegation.
The steering committee of the Barn
well County Taxpayers association
met at the Court House Tuesday morn
ing. Considering the weather aha the
condition of the roads, the meeting
was especially well attended. Capt.
A. M. Kennedy was elected permanent
chairman, and R. Boyd Cole was Asked
to act as secretary.
When called to the chair, Clapt.
Kennedy stated briefly what had been
done at the two previous meetings of
the taxpayers and asked that the
members of the committee bring bo-
fore the meeting such matters as
they deemed pertinent The question
-of-eourt- expense, road - building iad~
ill
nance supplies.
Road-making machinery, piping,
barbed wire, rations, engineering out
fits and spare parts for motor trucks
lave been received here from field
lead quarters.
A section of the first air squadron
las broken camp and moved its aero
planes to Colonia Dublan, according
;o reports from Columbus.
It was announced in Juarez today
that 3i,0(i() government troops of Gen.
Dfeguez’s command at Torreon would
be sent to Westetn Chihuahua to po
lice the country, after Gen. Pershing’s
troops were withdrawn.
8i< h.
that
definite concert of power to assure the
In Memoriam.
Funston Denies Report..
San Antonio Texas, Jan. 22.—Gen.
Funston late today deified the with-
peace must be follawod hr ,*. Whanaaoi It has agcnreiHwnsrts jour
Glover. The negro was arrested and
taken to the jail at Estill. Later the
mayor of the town, .learning that a
party was being formed to take the
negro from the jail and lynch him,
had him removed by automobile to the
county jail at Hampton. Magistrate’s
Constable J, A. Ccok and John O.
Smith brought him to Haippton.
Crowd Make* for Door.
Arriving at j^he county jail the# ne
gro was deliWred over to the jailer,
J;-P. Bowers, who proceeded upetairv
to the cells with his prisoner, lock
ing the front door of the jail. Then
*pne of the men who brought the ne
gro to Hampton went back down stairs
to get the negro’s hat which he had
dropped in an effort to get' away.
When he Unlocked the floor and went
out he was met bv a pa
w^rld that no catasthrope of war shall
overwhelm it again. •
,That in such a concert of power the
United States cannot withhold its par
ticipation to guarantee peace and jus
tice throughout the world, and that
before a peace is made the United
States Government should frankly for
mulate tho conditions upon which it
would feel justified in askifig the
American people for their formal and
solemn adherance. —
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the
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NEW LAW FIRM.
Attorneys A. H. Ninestein and'John
M. Kinloch Form TPartnership.
.• der. A number of the guests then re
tired to the spacious dining-room,
wnere 150 w’ere served. —
( The bride’s table was a dream of
loveliness.
Streamers of maline were festooned
from the chandelier and caught to the
table with a dainty bouquet of tiny
^ roses and maidenhair fern. In the
center was the btide’s cake, beautifully
frosted in white and yellow, encircled
with fifty tiny candles. The color
scheme of white and gold was carried
out in every_ details Place cards were
laid for twenty—this included the at-
« rlants and older friends of the “cele-
iyts.”- ' >i/ ; ~ -
>he attractive souvenirs were bad
ges of ribbon, on which were printed
in gold the dates and initials of the
contracting parties. The closing fea
ture of the occasion was the presen-
. tation of two beautiful gold hearts
joined together by fifty links to Mrs.
Meyer by Hon. G. H. Bates, of Barn
well. His remarks were indeed elo
quent and inspiring.
Many good wishes were extended
the couple for many years of happi- ;
ness and prosp3rity. *
Sorpe of the guests from neighbor
ing towns and cities were: Mr. and
Mri*. H. Mocre, Prof, and Mrs. A. F.
Otis of Augusta, Ga., Mr. and Mrs.
Q. A. Kennedy of Williston, S. C., Mr.
and Mrs. J. K. Snelllng, Dr. and Mrs.
Richard Riley, Hon. George Bates of
Barnwell, Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Boyd of
Waynesboro, Ga.
Elsewhere in this issue of The Peo
ple will be found a card announcing
the p&rtnershop of A. H. Ninestein,
Esq., of Blackville, and John M. Kin
loch, Epq., of Barnwell. These gen
tlemen, who are well known members
of the Barnwell Bar, will make
specialty qf practicing in both civil
and criminal courts, and in addition
will lend money on real estate^ Their
offices are located in the Burckhalter
Building in Barnwell. That they will
enjoy a large and lucrative practice
is the wish of The People and other
friends in the county.. • .
Heavenly Father to • remove
earthly scenes our beloved friend|jftnd
neighbor, Mrs. .Wyatt Ussery:
Resolved: ' First. That we,
members of Lower Three Runs V
S., have lost orte of our dearest,
faithful members. Whenever pos
she would cheer and encourag r
with her presence and help.
Second. That we tender our
est sympathy to the bereaved
band and children who have sustl
an irreparable loss, and com
them to the care of Him Who
the sparrow’s fall, and who has
ised, “I will not leave you co
less.”
Third. That a page be set ap
Our minutes as a memorial o
sister’s Christian life^and servic
this tribute therein recorded,
copies be sent to the Barnwell,
for publication, and the bereaved
ily be furnished a transcript
token of our sorrow for the de
sympathy for the Iving.
‘‘-.v ;Mrs. L B. Bagnal
Mrs. M. L. Rountrfe
Miss L. D. Ellis,
Com
meiV, accorilinpTto his osti-
mate, who rushed for-the.open door.
The following statement was issued:
“American troops in Mexico .will not
statt back toward the border without
orders and orders have not been is
sued.”
Mr. H. B. Cave, of Kline, was in the
city one day last week.
E. A. Brown, Esq., is attending
Court in Aiken this week. ' i
Mr. Isaac A. Dyches, of Hilda, was
in the city on business Saturday,-—
Mr. and Mrs. B. Z. Davis, of Dun
barton, were visitors here Saturday.
Mr. Leroy Woodward, of Batesburg,
spent Sunday in the city with rela
tives. ' .
Mr. W. A. Gyles and Dr. R. A.
Gyles,- of Blackville, were in the city
Friday. . ., * .
Gen. W. W. Moore, of Columbia,
spent the week-end in the city with
relatives.
ttee.
“Time to Call a Halt.*!
A handsome eight-pound boy was
born to Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Morris, Jr.,
Sunday night.
No Nude Pictures.
New York, Jan. 21.—The nude in
motion picture art has come under the
ban of the national board of review,
it was announced here tonight. All
producing companies which are mem
bers of the national association have
agreed not to permit the production
in their studios of photoplays using
- Such a figure. Action was taken after
a “widespread disapproval” of such
pictures was disclosed by an .invest!
gation covering the entire country.
Danger of over production of sex
"pblem plays also has been recog-
ied by the board of review, it was
announced. - -
l The days gain nine minutes in sun
shine this week.
Sells His Hogs for $25,017.
En route to Athens to attend the
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joint meeting of the Georgia Dairy,
and Livestock association, the Geor
gia Breeders’ association and the
Georgia State Horticultural society,
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, H.
A. Petty, a prominent farmer and
hardware merchant of Dawson, Ter
rell county, and president^ the first-
named organization, stopped over in
Atlanta yesterday for a few hours to
settle with the White Provision com
pany for a carload of hog& he has just
shipped to it.
This was one of the eighteen car
loads of hogs he has marketed with
^he W’hite Provision company since
last November 10th. The total num
ber^ hogs making up the eighteen
carloads was 1,792, their aggregate
weight was 327,296 pounds, and the
price received for the lot by Mr. Petty
totaled $25,017.88.—Atlanta Constitu
tion. \
(From the Greenwood Journal.)
Under the above caption tae Barn
well People says some thirJis about
proposed increased taxation!*that de
serves the very.serious coniider&tion
not only of the members ofpthe Gen
eral Assembly, but of our fitizens in
general. An effort :s to
rid our county pf debt eit
ing a bond issue or inc
levy. The mo$t importa
settle is the problem 'of
county out of debt in
What guarantee have
if its debts are paid th
not be a heavy debt a
a few years hence? 1
to cut down expenses
meet the present debtj
be a bond issue, let
roads, and we should
issue for anything
are allowed to ex
the polls on the s
the
made to
r by hav
using the
thing to
eeping yie
e future,
people that
there will-
mulated in
t not better
in this way
f there^must
be to build
t have a bond
ess the people
themselves at
Mr. J. M. Weathersbee, of Rose
mary township, was in the city Mon
day on business. •
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Mr. B. F. Baughman, of Dunbarton,
was in the city Thursday and called at
The People office. .
A. H. Nirfestein, Esq., of Black-
ville; was in the city Friday on pro
fessional business.
Mr. E. h\ Clary, qf Baldoc, was in
the city Saturday and joined The. Peo
ple’s family of readers.
ict.
Wilt-Resistant Seed.
Dyches—William s.
ac-
- Married, Tuesday evening, January
i6th, at the Barnwell Baptist parson
age, Rev. W. L. Hayes officiating, Mr.
Robt. T. Williams, of Govan, and Miss
Jessie Elizabeth; daughter of Capt.
and Mrs. Isaac A. Dyches, of Hilda.
The bride is a very charming and
complished young lady. The groo
a popular young salesman engage
business in Orangeburg. Both^are
well known in this and adjoining
ties. Mr. and Mrs. Williams ha
best wishes of their host of f
for a long and happy life.
--*■ » '
7 Mrs. Hampton Dead.
.. In connection Mith the work of the
Bureau of Plant Industry of the U. S.
Department offj Agriculture and the
South Carolina|/ Agricultural Experi
ment Station lor the control of the
While in the city Monday, Miss Sallie
Ready, of Barnwell Route 2, renewet
her subscription to The People.
Georg^Meyers, one of The People’s
good colored subscribers called at
the office Saturday to renew his sub
scription.
fan
cotton wilt
several
a surplus
cotton see
dec
nst*
m
lends
Mrs. Eloise Urquhardt Hanfcton,
wife of G. y McDuffie Hampton* ex-
railroad commissioner, died Saturday
morning at. her home in Columbia and
was buried the following aftern
ease in South Carolina,
have bred and grown
gh-grade wilt-resistant
hich they now have for
of the names and ad-
of these farmers, with the va
riety of wilt-resistant cotton seed they
have for sale, has been prepared and
can be secured from the county dem
onstration agent.
♦ ♦ ♦
Representative R. P. Searson, Jr.
of Allendale, was in the city for a
short while Monday morning, en route
to Columbia.
The many friertds of Dr. Ronald v C
Gyles, of Blackville, will learn with
pleasure that he. has been appointee
interne at the Methodist Hospital in
Philadelphia after a competitive ex
ami nation.
maintanance, county offices, and oth
er matters were discussed at length,
the meeting not adjourning until near
ly three o’clock.
After < the , numerous questions
brought up had been discussed at
length resolutions memorialising the
general assembly in regard to the fol
lowing matters were adopted:
First: That the county be divided
in three districts and that one county
commissioner be appointed from each
by the governor on the recommenda
tion of the grand jury; and also ihat
there be one chaingang in each dis
trict as long as it is practicable to have
That all county offices be
put on a salary basis, and that all
fees collected be put into the general
count
ilrd: That the state constitution
be amended so as to provide for bi-
Just as the crowd reached the door,
the. jailer’s daughter, who is about 14
years of age, ran into an adjoining
room, grabbed one of her father’s pis
i:ols, and rushed back to the door, cov
ering the lynching party with the re
volver and declaring that she* would
shoot the first one that entered the
door. \ She held them thus at bay until
ler brother, fearing that some harm
might overtake her, took the* pistol
rom her, whereupon some of the
crowd rushed in and went upstairs
overpowered the jailer, took the pris
oner and fied in automobiles in the di
rection of Estill. , '
Sheriff Notified.
The young lady then notified Sher
iff Lightsey by telephone, stating to
lim that the prisoner had been taken
away by five or six men. She stated
that it was a “put up” game* The
sheriff left Brunson, where he resides,
for Hampton and immediately took up
the trail of the party but was unable
to find out anything as tolheir where
abouts or the whereabouts of the ne
gro. Jailer Bowers pleaded with the
party not to lynch the negro, after they
lad overpowered him and taken his
prisoner.
Today the negro was found at an
other negra’s house a few miles ^Irom
Hampton. ' He seemed to be still drunk
and was badly beaten. The theory is
that the would-be lynching party, on
account of the fact that the members
of it were recognized by several peo
ple in Hampton were following the
party closely, decided not to kill the
negro, but beat him and threw him
out of the car. The negro stated that
he .did not know who the members of
the party were. An eyewitness stated^
that there were three automobiles in
the party. The negro will be given
medical attention and brought back to
Hampton to await trial. '
ennial sessions of the general assem
bly, .and that all state officers be elec
ted for four years, and that they be
ineligible for re-election for the next
five years.
Fourth:. That the county court bill
be withdrawn for the present, in order
to allow a further investigation aa to
whether or not it will be a step to
wards economy. % '
Fifth: That no appropriation be
made for extra terms of court Is,
Barnwell County this year.
Sixth: That no salaries of magis
trates be raised and that the county
delegation be requested to devise
some means of reducing the expenses
of the magistrates courts.
The secretary was instructed to for
ward a copy of the resolutions to each
member of the Barnwell County dele
gation at once.
On motion of Hon. J. W. Folk s
committee of three was appointed te
ook into the advisibility of consolidsi-
ing* certain offices. The committee
appointed by the chairman consisted
of J. H. Hewlett, of Allendale, Butler
Hagood, of Barnwell and J. W. Folk,
of Rosemary.
Tfie committee adjourned to meet
again on February 5th,. salesday is
next month at 3 o’clock.
Seiglingville News.
Seiglingville, « January _ 22..—MiSs
Jennie Barker, Mr. Norman Williams,
Master Willie and little Francis Har
den spent the week-end with the for
mer’s sister, Mrs. J. L. Augley, of
Ulmer. ~ * *
Miss Belle Halford, of Ashleigh, is
a guest at the home of her sister, Mrs
John Hartin, this week.
Divorce by Fraud.
. .Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 21.—The
R^W. H. Alford and W. M. White
both negroes, the latter a stenograph-
The recent heavy rains have ren
dered the roads of the county almost
impassable in some places, but Superr
visor Dyches says that he will make
effective use of the drag as soon as
the weather permits.
Miss Maude Youngblood spent the
week-end with relatives in Appleton
Mr. and Mrs.'T. S. Cave, of Barn
well spent a short time with the lat
ter’s father, Mr. H. J. Moody, oh Sat
urday.
Mr. John Hartin, Sr., of Ashleigh
—[visited his son here Sunday.
Mrs. W. A. Hayes, of Barnwell, vis
ited relatives here last week.
Jimmie Addison, colored, was se
verely wcut #bout hi# neck and head
Saturday night by an unknown assail
ant, who is thought to be a white man.
Cotton Ginnings.
It is expecfT
ed that a full- meeting of the committoa
will be had at the. next meeting, the
weather permitting. Those present at
the meeting Tuesday were: J. H.
Hewlett, Allendale; Butler Hagood,
Barnwell; J. A. Meyer, Bennett
Springs (by proxy); D. W. Brown,
Four Mile; J. O. Sanders, George's
Creek; F. H. Dicks, Rich Land; J. W.
Folk, Rosemary, and A. M. Kennedy,
Williston. ' —
FOR TWO DEBUTANTES.
Mrs. Louis Murray Honors Miss Mar-
•ray and Miss Patterson.
Mrs. Louis Murray gave a charming
bridge party yesterday afternoon at
her home in the Charles Edward in
compliment to her sister, Miss Mar
guerite Patterson, of Barnwell, and
to her sister-in-iaw, Miss Mary Mur
ray, both popular debutantes of Ike
season. The rooms were decorated
in quantities of pink roses and pink
was carried out in the dainty ices
served after the game and in the
prizes, each one. of which was tied
with a big bow of pink tulle. Mias
Fanny Gillespie, scoring highest, wow
a box.of stationery, and Miss Doro
thy Henry, making the lucky cut, re
ceived a box of bonbons. Mis* Pat
terson was also given a box of candy
and Miss Murray received a lovely
box of violets. Mrs. Murray was as
sisted during the afternoon by Bin.
William J. Murray, Jr. t and playing
were: Miss Patterson, Miss Murray
and Misses Janet and Dorothy Henry,
Ethelyn Gaffney, Jacqueline Cooper,
Fanny Gillespie, Grace Earle, Sarah
Cain, Katherine Bryan, Frances Rob
ertson and Miss Dorothy Shaw of New
York.—The State, Jan. 23.
er, was arrested here yesterday in Policeman Hayes > is working on the
connection with the alleged issuance case but so'far no arrests have been
of fraudulent divorce* decrees to Ar- made. This was the most serious of
kansap negroes, about 1,000 of which, several “scraps” that occurred Satur-
officers say, were distributed last year. day.
There were 42,203 bales of cotton
ginned in Barnwell County prior to
January 1st, as compared with 35,424
bales to the same date last year, ac
cording to a report of the Department
of Commerce, made public on January
9th. This is an increase of 6,779 bales.
In Bamberg County the number of . An indefinite leave of absence was
bales of the 1916 crop is 21,688 as granted in the Senate Monday night
compared qrith 15,735 the previous* to Senator J. Henry Johnson, of Al»
year. The total for the State shows lendsle, who hss been quite fll for th*
s decrease of 211,416 bales. past several days.