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People ii tw Irt 5 “Ju*t Like a Member of the Family" DLL’ME XL. V ' * * CIVIL COURT TO CONVENE MONDAY - JUDGE FRANK B. GARY WILL ' PRESIDE. ARE NOT IN CONFLICT. Attorney General Gives Ruling as to State and Federal Whiskey Laws. Petit Jurors for First and Second Weeks Have Been Drawn by Jury Commissioners. The Spring termof the Court of Common Pleas for ^Barnwell County will convene Monday morning, the 19th inst., with Judge Frank B.-Gary, of Abbeville, presiding. Petit jurors for the first and second weeks of the ap proaching term have been drawn, as follows: First Week. * Allendale—W. W. Priester, ’ T. L. Pearlstine, J. T. Wilson, M. D. Comp- "ton, J. H. Carter, 0 B. Lines. Baldoc—Perry Ferguson. Barnwell—J. Bl*ck, Jr., W. O. Hal ford, F. W. Falkenstein, C. D. Birt, N. S. Black, G. M. Buist. Bennett Springs—W. S. Snelling. Blackville—P. C. Mellichamp, W. C. Dyches, J. M. Birt, J. C. Kemp, H. A. Rich. i The Sputh Carolina quart a month law is not in conflict with the federal law, according ty an opinion rendered Saturday by Thomas H. Peeples, at torney general. 3 The . opinion, which was given upon request of the R. L. Bryan' company of Columbia, is as follows: “With reference to the preparation of forms for use for probate judges under the ‘quart a month’ act, I beg to advise that there Is no conflict be tween this State statue, approved Feb ruary 24, 1917, permitting the impor tation of one guart of alcoholic liquor, containing not more than 50 per cent, by volume of alcohol within any one calendar month, for medical purposes, and one gallon of wine for religious purposes within any calendar month, on permits to be issued by the probate judge, and the act of congress, ap proved March 3, 1917, prohibiting the transportation of such liquors in in terstate commerce, except for sacra mental and medical purposes into the States where the manufacture or sale of alcoholic liquors for beverage pur- _ , poses is prohibited. The forms of I jeorge s Creek A. P. Collins, W. | permits for use by the probate r judge should, therefore^be printed H OH* pMllers, J. W. an< t ^igt r ibut?d in accordance with Ihe State law.* 9 Rosemary—C. E. Heath. Sycamore—B. F. Deer, H. W. Hart- «s. er. Sells New Insurance Company, BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 15TH., I$i7. — — — ■ ■— ^ NUMBER “MAN WITH A MESSAGE” TO SPEAK IN WILLISTON HOME DEMONSTRATION WORK. Canning Club Girls at Work Again *WLth Renewed Determination. Williston,. March 12.—The second series of meetings under the auspices of the Williston Baraca Class will be held in Williston Sunday, when Mr. D. J. Fant, of Union, will deliver three addresses. The first meeting was held on the 4th inst., when Dr. H. N. Snyder delivered two excellent addresses to large audiences. Mr. Fant, “the Man with a Mes sage,” is a locomotive engineer em ployed by the Southern Railway Com pany, but his work is not confined to piloting the Southern’s limited. His real purpose in life is to do his level best to bring men to CHRIST and en able them to lead nobler lives. He re cently spoke to a large audience in the city of Washington. He is known all over the South, and has spoken in prac tically every town in which there are railroad or industrial workers. He is one of the best known Y. M. C. A. workers in the nation, and is active in the Railroad Y. M. C. A. of Atlanta as well as in other religious enter prises of the city. While in Williston Mr. Fant will deliver the following addresses: 10 a. m. to Men Only.—“The Man 'Who Lost His Aie. H ' 4 p. m. to Men Only.—“An Emerg ency Run.” 7:30 p. m. to Both Sexes.—“On the Limited to the Great Terminal.** All meetings will be held in the Wil liston Baptist Church except the 10 a. m. meeting, which will be held in the Williston Methodist Church. , A cordial invitation is extended, to the people of Barnwell and adjoining counties to attend these meetings. * v illiaWn—L T. WillUma^JLK- L.. ^ ^ “Iferritfc^T. W. Scott, J. J. Bell. H. M*l|y a resident of Greenwood and wi *' JJ* J- Reorganized last year a new fire insur- Utt, W, O. Sprawls, W, ^ Andcr- ancr company with offices in Bamberg to write business in South Carolina, has sold the company known as “The New South'* to tme of the large old- )ine ofinpantea. It is stated that it made gtK*rprofit while it was m busi ness.-—Greenwood Index. VARNV1LLE FEELS FORCE OF FUMES — SJ'LKNDID RECORD. *** Barnwell High Schaal Advanced from Clans C. to Claaa A ia 2 Years. Second Week. , Glendale—J. II. Rabh, W. G. Rud- de!l, T, C. Sanders. C. G. tYirter, Hakloe—W. B. Gill. Barnwell—T,.S. Cave, W. E. Mc- Nab, T. J. Attaway, S. II. Alsbrook, W. A. Owens. Bennett Springs—L. P. Smith. W.J % , * H Harprr. D. C. Brumn. W. A. INrtu to Our Krimd. in Komwrll: HackvOW—W. T. Cau». Jr.. W. M j |, ,tvr« mr ^rmi ptoUauro to invito Altman. W. W. Martin, laadorr Broun, yon u, £, avrvicva at thr Onptiat Sau4—J. D. Gray. J. A. Gray, t'hurvh next Sunday. Moral ng service Uvonrc'* Crwk-H J. Baxlry, J. 0. ( „ U JO. niyht wrvir, at g:M. W* * MANY HI’SINKSS HOUSES DKS TROY ED BY HKR. Aa la%itat Grant Cypress—L F. Sanders. W, H Hasel, Solomon Hogg. Red Oak—W. B. Parker Rich Land—J. 2|. Burckhalter, S. II Grefwa. Rosemary—J W. Cook. Sycamore—O. B. ZW. R. L. Brab ham # Williston—W. A. Willis, L. B (•nmea, O. N. Courtney. F. II. Hitt, B. M. Hair. PLAN* WENT AfH.EE. *‘Jim** Byraes* Croan-i ountry Auto Trip to Aikea W*asa*t Taken. hope these orrvices will be enjoyable to you, and we cordially invito you to attend. Yours very truly, W L. Hayes. • HSRB AND UBRBABOUT8. • • • •••••••••••••••••••• The days gain 12 minutes in sun shine this week. Mr. J. W. Walker, of Cave, was in the city Monday. Mr. C. B. Ellis. Jr., of Four Mile, was in the city Monday. v Magistrate J. E* Tobin, of Allen- It has bee?) the aim of the rupcrin- tendm* «»f th» Barnwell High Sch«ko| to raise the school to the highest point of efficiency possible with the means Stores Wiped Out oa Both Sides of his rommaml, amTwith the backlog Maia Street.—Oaly Two Escaped . jof the bdard of-trustees and the co- Fury of Flames. , op^ratiod of the patrons thr school has hern raise*I to such a degree of effi- - Some' of the girls who were in the canning club work last year did not ac complish as much as they had hoped for, but, nevertheless, they are trying again this year, with a determination to do their best. One of the girls to whom I refer is Jennie Lou Hartzog, of Hercules school. She says, “Last year, I raised one chicken and had one tomato plant which bore two toma toes, but I am determined to do my best this year.’* * The women of the Pleasant Hill sec tion held their regular monthly Meet ing of the Home Demonstration Club last Friday, The ladies seem much interested in the work and I believe will make a success of it. Some people have an idea that the Home Demonstration Work is a work that does not grow; however, I hope that these people, though honest and sincere in their opinion, may soon be able to think differently. The girls may expect to meet diffi culties in their work, but if there were no difficulties to overcome, there would he no growth. Success in overcoming one difficulty gives a person strength to meet the next. As an encouragement to some who may be disheartened, let me quote a few lines from a letter I received from my sister who is in training for a uuraC , *‘When we live each day, meeting the simple things of life in an honest rherffttr way. as unto Cod. the big things Hietuselves are simple too, ind strength comes with them to those who do their heat *to learn, to know. M (Miss) Clifford Barratt, Home Item. Agt., Barnwell, 8. C. BARNWELL MINUS COMMISSIONERS «. * Hampton, March 10.—One of the cienry that its graduates are now ea- ii Mr. C. L. Jordan, of Allendale, was m the city 6n business Friday. „ - A fine hoy was bom to Mr. and Mrs. Julicn Bush Tuesday morning. Mr. W, P. Blume was among the W ashington, March 10.—There*s a dale, was in the eitjr Monday, say mg that “the bc*t laid plans of ip ice and men gang aft aglcc,** and for the present this must U* applied to one of South Carolina's congressmen. I*' the* delegation from the Palmetto »'e is James Francis Byrnes of ! n. popular Hiik.- at homo an.I at • vi * itor * ,0 ,h *' coun,y Monday the national capitol. At any rate,! Messrs. B. J. and H. C. Hutto, of leaving his popularity aside, this same Hilda, were 'in the city for a short James Francis owns an automobile i w hde Friday. —a real “car.” A day or two ago! . Mrs. John B. Harley and little ~th€ # PongrthLdnnn thought he would j daughter, of Wagener, are visiting take a vacation while he had the ‘ relatives, here. ' ohance, so the story runs, and laid j A H Ninesteillt Esq., of Blackville, h.s plans to Koj.y-auto from Wash- ' in the fity orf profe8siona , b uai . melon to Aiken. He had it all fixed, L^, thi3 week he was to take along a congenial party , f T of friends, there would be no restric tions as to interstate commerce regu lations or anything of that, kind and every thing was going fine. It was Tanged that the trip home would he lade in three or four days and if necessary Mr. Byrnes could immedi-- ately return to Washington in the event of an*extra session of congress being called hurriedly. Here is. where the hitch came. House scouts, whose duty- it is at all times to keep track of the different members and not let - » them get away got on to what Mr. Byrnes was doing and called the game. Jf .the trip home is made it will be necessaYy for Mr. Byrnes to keep in constant touch with Washington from various points along the route and thus give a strict account of himself ' wRile observing the interstate com merce laws of this great nation. That was not on the bill, he’ said oday, when asked about the matter,, but he would make no comment except to say: “Tough lu£k, tough luck.’* • 4 1 * , |AIrs N. (I W. Walker has request- /The People to announce that the lohnson Hageod Chapter, U. D. C. v wii) be glad to bestow Crosses of Hon* or upon all Confederate Veterans who have not been so hono rad- Appliea- tMB dbonld be made to Mrs. Malker at Barnwell. Mr. J. M. Weathersbee, of Rosenmry township, was among the business vis itors herd Monday. Quite a number of Barnwell people went over to Aiken Saturday after noon to see “A A Daughter of the Gods.” Mr. Wilbur Porter ftft last w r eek for Detroit, Mich., where he has ac cepted a position in an automobile fac tory. • . Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Holman, their little daughter and Mrs. N. G. W. Walker motored over to Augusta Sat urday. The friends of Mrs. L. C. Tobin will be glad to learn that ^he has returned from a Columbia hospital, very much improved in health. Sheriff and Mrs. J. B. Morris, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Morris, Jr., and family motored up to Wagener Sunday for a visit to Mr. and Mrs. John B. Harley. The many friends of Dr. R. 6. Kirk- land will Idarn with Tegret that the condition of his health necessitated his return to-a Columbia hospital for treatment. ; Miss Hallie Armstrong has been vis iting relatives here for the past sev eral days. Her friends will be glad to learn that she has fully recovered from her recefit illncaa. . Advertise ia THE PEOPLE. - y by heroic efforts were the Chyr- on & Western Carolina . railway don, the residence of W. B. Dow- withoot examination High S« h<» . in •pector. Prof. W. IL Hand, paid the school aa official visit last year, and after a fartful inspection of the mr- rtculum and the schedule of daily reci tations placed the high school in the highest rank given by Ihe Suit Board of Education. .Any high school mak ing fourteen units is entitled (o dip lomas issued by the State Board. The . » - n' . j ;<H»1 rtoitr'i thru- diplomas last year, and will receive them this year also. The school will make one more than the necessary numSrr of umta this year. The diplo mat given by the State Board to schools in Class A are signed by the Governor and the High School Inspec tor.* The Barnwell High School has advanced from Class C to Class A in two years. There has h*en some misunderstand ing with regard to the requirements and actual work done by the high •fh<MffT Thr*patron- of the reboot are respectfully informed that they can get all the information they need first hand by applying to the B«»ard of Trus tees or •the superintendent. Patrons are furthermore requested not to en tertain mistaken ideas which are cal culated to injure the reputation of the school in which the town justly takes pride. • t X. Y. Z. most disastrous fires in the history of | l,lWpd ^ ! m ik * Htmt * the town occurred in Vamville at an early hour this morning when prac tically the entire number of business houses on both sides of Main street were destroyed, entailing an esti mated loss of between ffi&.OOO and $7&,- 000, partly covered by insurance. The fire originated in a lot separat ing the stores of C. W, Taylor and W. O. Guess. A number of banana cartoons and a quantity of excelsior had been piled on this vacant lot, and it is supposed that some one passing by carelessly threw a lighted cigar ette on this pile of refuse, igniting It. The fire was discovered by the night watchman shortly after midnight, it had reached the store of C. W. Taylor. This being a\rooden building, the con flagration spread rapidly, destroying the adjoining store, that of W. G. Go**! mg. in short order, and spreading in both directions, crossing the street and burning the large store of L._R. Dow ling & Sons. Then tne fire swept down both streets at the same time. Only by heroic efforts were the ChVr- leston station ling, and the only two storys of the entire street left standing. The fire was gotten under control about* 2:15 a. m. * „ • *. ... —.‘, — One Man Injured! Jke L. Lightsey was seriously in jured when a part of the burning building of W. G. Gooding fell upon him. IK 1 was burned badly over -his body, as well as bruised by the fall ing structure. The attending physi-, cian says that his condition is grave. The scores destroyed, together with an estimated loss of stock and amount of insurance carried, are as fallows: North side, L. R. Dowling & Sons, general merchants, store and goods' $20,000, insurance $7,500; L. R. Dow- hng & Sons, grocery w'arehous’e, $1,- 000, no insurance; Jessie Thomas, general merchandise, stock $2,500, partly covered by •insurance; Lee Welch, confections, stock $1,000, no insurance; Vaco theatre, $700, no in surance; Leland Sanders, stock $1,20(J, no insurance; South Side, W. G. Good ing, general merchandise, stock $4,- OOOpartly covered by insuranceFC. W. Taylor, meat market and* fancy groc ery, stock $4,000,-no insurance; W. 0. Guess, general merchant, stock $4,000, insurance $1,500; Mrs. B. F Yarn, nullinery, loss $5,000, insurance $2,- 200; S. G..Varn, Esq., law office, $1,- 500, no insurance; Mrs. R. L. Chisolm, store, $2,000, no insurance. Absolute ly nothing was saved from the several stores destroyed, due to the rapidity with which the flhmes spread, except that of Jessie Thomas, from which a quantity of merchandise was moved before the flames reached it. the most of which, however. RAMBENG PYTHIAN RALLY. (•rand Yftr* ( haarrllor Derrick at Ea- joy able Affair. Rambrrg. March 10 —The grand KBights of Pythias' rally here Mon daj night was MKceasfuIly earned out, although there waa much disap pointment at the absence of the grand chancellor. The grand vice chancellor, however, was present Dr. J. B Mark in an eloquent speech, warmly wd corned the large number of visiting knights. Brief respuaaaa wane jgndi by Mr W. E. Derrick, grand rice chan rellor. of Orangeburg, and the Rev. A Saaanrd. of Olar. Six letters of application were act #d upon, after which t%e ascend degrei was conferred upon these who had al ready taken the page rank. At the ronrluaioa of the business sessioi Chancellor Commander loiverne Thom aa, of the local lodge, invited all asaem bled to partake of an oyster supper. Since the installation of Chancellor Thomas the Bamberg lodge has ap- ‘peared to take on a new Jife, its mei bership now numU-jing more than one hundred am! every old member is try ing to get s new one. •- LYNDIIt BST KlfLECLl II. PROCLAMATION. • Barnwell, S. C., March 1.3, 1917. /To the People of Barnwell: According to a custom that is in* vogue in our city, of observing the third Sunday in. March as *“Go-to- Church Day” I hereby proclaim March 18th, 1917 as “Go-to-Church Day” for the city of Barnwell, and call upon all the people to attend 'services at their respective churches on that day? (Signed) J. EMILE HARLEY, Mayor. . — ■ - Vaco thotftlre, and Welch were ow*ned by Mrs. J. A. Smoak, of Varnville; the stores occupied by Gooding, Tay lor and Guess were owned by J. J. and A. R. Speaks. Mrs. Smoak’s loss w f as about $3,000; the Speaks broth ers about $4,000 with $1,800 insur- ance. The Varnville Lighting com pany sustained damages amounting to about $500 due to the burning of street lights, -wires, posts, etc. The store of Mrs. N. W. Rentz was dam aged in the sum of $300 caused by the breaking of large plate-glass front .windows. The store of J. B. Vgumans, occupied by -Chisolm Brothers, was damaged likewise and in about the same amount. ' The manager of the store of L. R. Dowling It Sons says that while its loss was heavy, it will begin immediately the construction ft * modem brick building on the •m**« Branch of Nations) Association Held Eirat Meeting Saturday. Special to The People. ■ Lyndhurst, March 12.—The mem bers of the* Lyndhurst Rifle Club, a recently organized branch of the Na tional Rifle Association for prepared ness, held their first shoot Saturday. 3 he weapons used were Springfield rifles with the usual steel bullets. The targets were placed at HIU yards. The score waz as follows: Wyait Woodward, 64; S. H. Gantt 23; Walter Fcwke, 17; E. G. Hay, 13; F. H. Gaunt, 12; Harold Hay, 11; C. D. Gantt, 10; W H. Fowke;-6; Dick Gantt, 5. Several members were absent from the meeting. , OPINION RENDERED BY ATTOR NEY GENERAL. Is the Outcome of. a’Dispute Between the Two Boards of County ' - Commissioners. Barnwell County is without a board of county commissioners, according to,, an opinion rendered by Thomas H. Peeples, Attorney General, last week.- Stating how a recent act of the Gen eral Assembly providing for a sys tem of county government for Bara- well redistricts the county, the At torney General enters into the follow ing history of the township commis sioners : “The record of. the Governor’s office show that the (Barnwell County) del egation, on February 13,* 1916 r recom mended the following gentlemen for their respective districts: District No. 1, C. W. Moody: District No. 2, Barney Owens; District No. ,3, O. W. Barker. The records of the Secretary of State show that O. W. Barker, of Seigling- ville, B. F. Owens, Dunbarton, and C. W. Moody, of Barnwell, were appoint ed on-February 16. 1917, and aioned on March 8. 1917. The bers comprising the former board of county commissioners were appointed m March M. 1915, and coaunif on March 27 of that year. "terih of office waa for two Ute of ‘appointment, hut the act, approved March 1^ 1917, the prior law and ended their term of office on that date, and, in my opinion they are no longer legally entitled to exercise the duties of the office, and only such appointments aa are made in accordance with the provtatmn of the art of March I are ia legal effect, and this act, not having the farce of lav on I'ebruary 16, the appointamnt of' last board of county was premature New Appoiati M l am of the opinion that the new board is not entitled, under Ihe pointment of February 16. 1917, In the peeeeoaien a# Mm efftao and a new ap pointment should he made.* 9 “The situation ran ho relieved,* or- cording to the opinion of the At by the of the 16 last, ia mendation of the When reappointed they bond and be mission ia only evi pointment, and the office cesaanly begin on the day a •ion is issued, but ordinarily run the day of appointment.* 9 * The opfhion is the outcome of a dis pute between the two boards of mi as loners. The recently hoard requested that the board turn over thejr office to which was refused. Now neither board has an office if the Attorney General is correct. CHAUTAUQUA MUCH ENJOYED. Three Days of Delightful Entertain ment Came to Close Friday Night. A Card of Thanks. t : ' / " The superintendent and teachers of the Barnwell Public School desire to extend their most hearty thanks to the ladies of the town who furnished the delightful lunch served to the vis iting teachers at the last meeting of the County| Teachers* Association. Many expressions of appreciation were ‘ Winkle.” The characters of Rip and Barnwell has just passed through the delightful experience of a throe days chautauqua, land the attractions will long be remembered on account of their high order. On Wednesday afternoon and night of last week Dr. Culp gave instruc tive and inspiring lectures, and he was followed by the Gamble Concert Com pany, which furnished delightful music of a superior order. On Thursday-afternoon and night a large audience enjoyed the lectures Of Dr. W. E. Adams and the music of the famous Hawkeye Glee Club. These latter gentlemen are artists ,in their line and were repeatedly and vocifer ously applauded and encored. Their saxaphone music was the finest ever heard in Barnwell. The same may be said of their mandolin music: On Friday afternpon and night the audiences were particularly large, taxing the spacious auditorium of tha Barnwell High School to its capacity. The special attraction was “Rip Van heard from the guests. NOTICE. In IHMV'March 12.—As I have been appointed rural letter carriar, I have sent in my rtsiffnaticn os post master and Lave appo.nted B. J. Hutto to ad in this capacity until the Pont Office ( fense of our his wife, Gretchen,. were splendidly portrayed by Mr. and Mrs. Sprague. Their acting is hard to surpass. Dr. Adams gave two gratuitous lec tures to the high school student body, and they will long he remembered far the valuable lessons time they His Inst lecture was a i Department can secure and gar Afloat Poe, a# the C Hutto -A