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( • .« ' — • 't -y ' * Y- • ^ Y 'Just Like a Member of the Family" S tLUMB XU. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1017. NUMBER ' % BLACKVILLE ENJOYINNG A BIG BUILDING BOOM This Year’* Cotton Crop Proves Very Profitable to Farmers. Blackville, Dec. 15.—The high price of cotton and the unusually good crop here has put a large amount of money in the hands of the farmers. Many tracts of land have changed hands. A few days since a transfer was made of a tract of land and the price was $211 per acre. The Commercial Bank f of this place, is erecting a modem banking building and will move into it when completed. This is a new bank which opened up in the Spring. It will declare a divi dend on its first year of business. A large knitting mill is being erect ed here and it is hoped this will add to the business of the place. Mesrs. R. S. Martin and C. J. Mar tin have leased a large brick build ing here and will in the near future open up a modem automobile garage and sell and repair automobiles. Simon Brown's Sons have completed one of the finest livery and sales sta bles in this part of the State. Mrs. Laurie T. Izlar, of Ocala, Fla., • fJiere visiting her daughter, Mrs. C. pBuist. [Marion Wales Watson, who is sta ted at the Charleston navy yard, mt two days here with his parents this week. Mrs. C. A. Epps has returned to her heme m Sumter after spending sever al days here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Matthews. Mrs. H. R. Chapman, of Aiken, spent several days here with her mother Mrs. V. T. Pickling. Miss Valeria Still is at home from her school at Laurens. C. R. Boylston has returned form a trip to Detrfiit, Mich. Keys Sanders, of Camp Jackson spent a days here with relatives this week. Wilbur Grimes, of Camp Sevier, at GreenvHle, is spending a few days at his home here.. Miss Olar Grimes is at home from her school at Liberty. Miss Bertha Rich attended the Wil- •on-Zeigler wedding at Bamberg last HOME BANK HAS MADE A SPLENDID SHOWING Annual Stockholders Meeting Held in Barnwell Tuesday, j The Legal Advisory Board for Barnwell County, consisting of Geo. H. Bates, T. M. Boulware and J. E. Harley, has called to its assistance at Barnwell J. 0. Patterson. Jr., Jas. Julien Bush, V. S. Owens, H. L. O’Bannon, Jas. E. Davis, John K. Snelling, Solomon Blatt, M. A. Wilder, R. C. Holman, G. M. Greene, Chas. Carroll Simms, R, A. Ellis, Perry M. Buckingham, Harry D. Calnoun, N.G. W. Walk- The annual stockholders meeting of! A* A* Lemon, B. M. Darlington, W. M. Andrews, T, J. Langley, the Home Bank of Barnwell was held A* A. McAllister, W. T. Aycock, Rev. W. L. Hays, Rev. L. E. Peeler Tuesday at their directors room, and and W. J. Lemon. Their duties are to assist and advise Registrants the report for the officers of the bank * n answering the questions required of them in the Selective Service showed that the bank had a very System, and writing np the blanks sent to them. All Registrants properous year. roost convenient to Barnwell can call on any of these gentlemen for A dividend of eight per cent was de- whatever assistance* tney may need, and it will be given without dared and ordered paid immediately, charge. . . » . and $1,000 were placed in the surplus For the convmence of Registrants in the vcinity of Allendale, account. This makes since the organ- the Board has appointed Jas. M. Patterson, R.P. Searson, Leroy Wil- ization of the bank over $12,000 that son, W. T. Riley, Jr., and W. A. All, and others will be sworn in for has been oaid to the stockholders and Allendale. For Williston. Registrants can call on R. M. Mixon, E. five thousand placed to the surplus Prothro and M. C. Kitchens, and others will be sworn in for Willlis- account. ' * ton. - ' ^ The following Directors were elected For Blackville Registrants can call on R. B. Fickling, H. D. Still, to serve for 1918: L. M. Calhoun, J. O. W. E. Matthews, H. A. Rich, John O’Gorman, and E. H. Weissinger and others will be sworn in for Blackville. At Elko Registrants can call on H. J. Crouch, and Paul Green, and others will be sworn in for Elko. At Fairfax they can call on B. F. Tnomas, and J. E. Johnson; and others also will be sworn in for Fairfax. At Kline, Dr. T. F. Hogg, and also others will be sworn in for Kline. ALLENDALE LADY DIED IN RICHMOND LAST WEEK Miu Laura Darlington Victim of Rare and Strange Disease. COL. HARRY CALHOUN SUGGESTS GOOD FLA* Would Use Part of J. B. White to Build Bridge* Sanders, T. S. Caye, S. B. Mosley, J. B. Calhoun, J. Cohen, Harry D. Cal houn and J. H. Hewlett. The Directors then elected the fol lowing officers: Harry D. Calhoun, President, Norman B. Gamble, Cashier and William McNab, Assistant Cashier. The deposits of the Home Bank have increased fifty per cent from last year, and as a whole the bank is in a very prosperous conditiou. HERE AND HEREABOUTS. • RED CROSS DEPARTMENT BARNWELL COUNTY CHAPTER, AMERICAN RED CROSS. W. EDGAR A. BROWN. Chm*a. MRS. W. M. ANDREWS. V-Chi V* M. BUCKINGHAM^ Mr. J A Koti« tending Court here this week. TTaT Mr. Harry G. Boylston. county dem onstration agent, of Blackville, was in tfct city Monday on business. Mr. H. A. Bolen and his two sons, Messrs. Euly and F. Bolen, of Elko, were among the visitors here Menday. Messrs. L. B. Creech, of Barnwell, route 1, and E. L. Blame, of BlackvUle, gave the week a pleasant ending by their welcome visits to the sanctum Saturday. Sarah Virgiaia Hay. On the 15th of May, 1917, there came to the. home of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hay, ef Govan, a little angel bringing joy and gladness under its wing. For six and a half brief months it nestled dose to its mother's heart and cooed and smiled so softly and so sweetly that all the house was filed with music such as angels make. As I looked upon its tiny loveliness a sad misgiving smote my heart, for it seemed to me (list earth was not a fitting place of abode for s thing so innocent, so pure, so* sweet. One day, November 30th, just as the sun went down it spread its little wings and flew awsy to Heaven whence it had come, and going left the house it had t ightened in darkness and sorrow. Irkness so dense and sorrow so deep that an impious mind might question the mercy and loving kindness of the Hand that had given and then so soon revoked the gift. But— “Not in anger, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day, Twas for a place in Paradise He bore the flower away." A Stricken One. “I cant do without The People,** were the complimentary words of Mr. D. C. Ready, of Dunbarton, as he paid two years’ subscription on Saturday. Messrs. F. H. and 8. H. Gantt, of Lyndhurst, were visitors here Friday. Messr, P. W. Price and A. A. Lem on attended the meeting of the Grand Lodge of Masons in Charleston last week. Mr. W. I. tlohns, of Baldoc, was a business visitor here Monday. AUDITOR’S APPOINTMENTS. . Snelling, Wednesday, Jan. 2. Dunbarton, Thursday, Jan. 3. Robbins, Friday, Jan. 4. Millette, Tuesday, Jan. 8. Martins, Wednesday, January 9. Baldock, Thursday, Jan. 10. Appleton, Friday, Jan. 11. Allendale, Tuesday, Jan. 15. Barton, Wednesday, Jan. 16. Fairfax, Thursday, Jan. 17. Kline, Friday, Jan. 18. Blackville, Tuesday, Jan. 22. Elko, Wednesday, Jan. 23. Williston, Thursday, Jan. 24. Mercatus, Friday, Jan. 25. Sycamore, Tuesday, Jan. 29. Jennys, Wednesday, Jan. 30. Ulmer, Thursday, Jan. 31. Hilda, Friday, Feb. 1. Personal and real property must be returned this year. The time for mak ing returns will end Feb. 20th. Fifty per cent penalty will be added on all returns not made.. No returns re- \ ceived after Feb. 20th. ^ R. W. RILEY, County Auditor. Tu Pi it Ci 'Am Allendale U. D. C. Chapter will hold a public meeting on bar 20th, at which time Crowes of Honor will be pretested to the fol- J. J* Banes, J..D. Box, H R Reports from the various Red Cross divisions of the country indicate a tre mendous interest in the Christmas membership drive to sdd ten million names to the roster of the American Red Cross*, In advance of the time for 'tailing the drive, which is to begin on December 17th and end on Christ mas eve, there are signs of spirited rivalry on the part of the membership boomers who are organizing in the •espective divisions. Every drive com mittee seems desirous not only of 'going over the top** for more new members than its apportioned quota of Christmas membership, but of win ning the distinction of first place for its particular territorial part of the 'organisation. Committees have been appointed at this place to canvass the town and community and enroll as many nev^ members as poasibe. For all mem bers who join during this drive there will be s button provided as well as a Red Cross Service Flag to be placed in your home. There is space on this large flag for smaller red crosses for every member of the family who is s member of the Red Cross. At the close of this drive—Christmas eve— every home sdiich has s service flag is requested to place a lighted candle in the window. Chairman Edgar A. Brown and other Red Cross officers and workers will go to Allendale Friday night, the 14th inst., for the purpose of organiz ing a Red Cross Chapter at Allendale and possibly an auxiliary in the Bull Pond community. Several Red Cross speakers will be present on this occa sion and it is expected that the peo ple of the lower section of the county will turn out in considerable number and thus show their interest in the Red Cross work. The past week an-Auxilliary was formed at Dunbarton with about 30 members and these ladies have gone to work in earnest and we expect to have great things to report from this ■■■ Auxilliary. Private Sam J. Woodward, of Camp Qn Frid afternoon an Auxilliary Seviar, spent the week-end in the city | wa8 formed at HealinK Spri n K s with about 20 members and the promise of ^ . others. The good news comes to us Dr. D. K. Bnggs, of Blackville, was f rom these good people that they have in the city Monday on business. | a num ber of ladies who knit and I feel sure that this corps of knitters added our boys will all be able to don a sweater in the near future. The ladies of Blackville Auxilliary have sent in about 40 of the neatest, Mrs. J. R. Kelly underwent an op-1 best filled comfort kits that we have eration for appendicitis at the Baptist seen. Every' one filled with the very Hospital in Columbia Saturday. | articles most needed by our boys. Quite a number of kits have been fur- Richmond, Va., Dec. 16.—The vic tim of a rare and strange disease, which the doctors termed acute lym phatic leukemia, Miss Laura S. Dar lington, superintendent of the John ston-Willis Sanitarium, of this city, and a daughter of Col. W. R. Darling ton, of Allendale, S. C., died here to day, following an illness of several weeks. Accompanied by her father and oth er members of the family, including a sister, Miss Lucy Darlington, of Al lendale, and two brothers, Col. W. R. Darlington, Jr., of Allendale, and Mr. T. D. Darlington, of Charleston, the body was shipped to South Carolina this evening. . Though highly educated in music and painting. Miss Darlington chose to be. a nurae. She trained here at Memorial Hospital, and was elected head of the Johnston-Willis Sanitar ium a few months after graduating seven year* ago. Court News. Southern Cotton Oil ce. rm. J. H. Hewlett, suit on account of ourchase of peint, verdict for the fat Tropical Oil Co. vs. D. L. Johnson, The Augusta Chronicle of the 16th inst. contained the following: Among the numerous suggestions that have came up regarding the hast way to use the J. B. White fund, left by the late J. B., White to the city sf Augusta there comes one which will wm doubt be of especial interest to tkm traveling men. The suggestion comes in the fora off a letter from Harry D. Calhoun, an oud Augusta traveler, now of Barn well, S. C., to our good friend, Dr. B. J. Videtto, and we understand that the doctor thinks well of the idea and will take it up with the committee, which has been formed to decide to what use the fund is to be put. Here’a the lew*.?: “Hon. R. J. Videtto, Traveling hniek* man for the Cotton Belt Drug Co* Member of the United Commereiat Travelers' Association, August^ Ga. “Dear Doctor: Mr. H. M. Casaaka»eff Ellen ton, S. C., has suggested to aw that I bring the matter to the atten tion of the traveling salesmen that travel fh and out of the city of As- gusta that they may interest the com mittee a^_ ago to have them the building of hop. to have enough for .very one I •"'* °" •" ount of PorehM. of paint. Riv * r « S"* Bar Kerry tn for the nlemtiff for ftiaoAA interest of the farmers and amr- of our boys. Jennie P. Greene, Secy. Dec. 12, 1917. First Red Ci Christ mas. Capt. H. A. Simms, of Camp Jack- son, spent the week-end in the city with relatives. Sergeants Zack Creighton and laa- dore Owens and Bugler Johnson Ha- good, of Camp Sevier, were the guests of relatives in the city last week. Mrs. R. Boyd Cole and Miss Annie Lee simms, of Columbia, have been visiting relatives in the city for the past several days. Mr. Eugene Easterling, who is at tending a business college in Augus ta, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Vfrs. B. L. Easterling. with his mother. Private Laurie C. Fowke, of Camp Sevier, is visiting relatives in the county this week. • The friends of Mr. C. F. Molair | nished by our people in town and we will learn with pleasure that he is rap idly recovering from his recent severe . . _ illness ‘ At their last meeting the Pastors Conference of the Barnwell Association decided to launch in the near future a Mr. Geo. D. Sanders, of Fairfax, I series of inspirational meetings or Something haa happened. A simple and thrilling thing that brings some thing of real greatness to our lives, humid** v they may be. It H the observance of our first Red Cr>** (Hristmas One cannot have even the thought of its appropriate- neer and its significance in this world of anguish without having toochod the higheat thought of all the world— that which waa given on the birthday we are about to celebrate—“Behold, I bring you good tidings ef great joy which shall be to ALL people;** axil that which waa expressed in the Red Cr> * Treaty mad** uy nation* which established that in warfare the sick and wounded of the enemy should be sacred to the Red Cross. • This ia a Christmas when we cannot see our new young soldiers, strong and straight of back, without visioning those others whom war haa made helpless. We cannot see the happiness of our children without thinking of those little ones in Europe who have starved to death. Perhaps we cannot deck our children’s Christmas trees without remembering that He in whose honor they are was a “man of sorrows and acqiyunted with grief.*— * In the Red Cross campaign for 10,- 000,000 new members during the week preceding Christmas there is scope for all our tenderness, all our richest imaginings, all our new-born' power of simplicity of heart, all our possi bilities of service. The Red Cross Chapters have asked all members of the American Red Cross to take part in a simple cere mony on Christmas Eve—the placing of a lighted candle in the window shining through a Red Cross service flag on the window pane. This flag is a piece of white transparent paper, blue-bordered, with the sign of the Red Cross, five inches square in the center, and smaller crosses to be add ed for each of the household Who is a member of the Red Cross. It is an expression of service in this unexam pled time—a symbol so instinctive that the Red Cross will glow from the win dows of our homes over the length and breadth of the land, sending out the Christmas message to the world, and telling not only the passer-by, but our own hearts, that just as our boys and men are finding new strength in their new sacrifices, so may we through our new service. verdict for the plaintiff for $190.00.B. Jl.-M Jo# Roberta vs. Atlantic Coast Lina Aiken, Barnwod, Railroad Co., damages for injury B* nRt * r V and Colleton Counties, & G» caused by mashing foot under cross who n< * ^ «*•* <* their aaL tie, verdict for the defendant. , ^ ** Augusta, Ga„ hut have Car G. W Greene. Jr, vs. R L. Mims tkem€ <*herwtee and J. J. Bond, suit on land, verdict Augusta; in fact, the Hon. J. B. White he (IrfcmiAnt who has •Of for the defendant Jaa. H. Lancaster va. R. W. Dicks and Son, damages for taking proper ty over which the plaintiff had a lien, verdict for the defendant. Jamaeon Williams va. A. C. L. R R. Co., action for damages for being knocked off of track by train, verdict for the defendant Martin and Eddie Mixson vs. Eddie institutes in vsrious sections of the Association. These will be conducted by prominent laymen in the state, they have been very fortunate in se curing fo r the first meeting Mr. C. B Bobo of Laurens. In business life be is a prominent merchant. As modera- was in the city Monday on business. . . ^ j Dear Santa claus i will write you and ask you to Bring me something for the Xmas tree if they have it to hilda also i want pleanty of candy and I tor of his association and as a moving apple oranges you must remember factor in the Laurens chur:h be is one mv littl* Rmth*r fc;™ of the most prominent figures in the my I ttle Brother and Bnng re i4p OUi iif e of Uurens county. It is tomething wh«Uver you want him to earneatly hoped that each church in have But remember all other little the aatociatioo will be well represented children aa times ia so hard, will clow to hear him. Mr Bobo will apeak at the ^aninssasnsjp".'x \ ictonne and C E Delk I joih., in Jhe WtiUstoa church O. B. Harden. F. B G Ray tor end W. A. Capt H. J. H At to have this aasma- ment erected in Augusta, Ga.. eu- ceivsd a large portion sf hit tvufia from South Carolina, and this bridge would not only be a monument to hte memory, but would ha bWooing to the people of tho mentioned above, together with tea traveling men who get a lot of thehr bus moos from this Stats, and are asm Saunder.. et al, suit oa claim anddT. *«*•“»« >«r**ly ia automata*. II**ry, verdict directed ia favor of de- Thl *’ y<m W0,,M fendants. advuntago to all partiss rirnrarafi, Jas. H. Uncaster vt M B Ha- al>d wottW ^ <kmor > 1 “ good, vordict for the plaintiff for Wert ** •***• $126.00. If think woU of this, you Vverson T. Hardin vs. T. J. Lss, cm,! 00 ^ «>»**tteo and kiadly agg- damages for killing horse with auto- r##l ***• u them mobile. “Vtith high personal regard, | A I. Best va. C. F Riser, et aL. ac- •HARRY D CALHOUN, lion on account of buying rent cotton Traveling Salesman Out af and display of same. J. J. Still vs. Southern Ry, Co., tWmages caused to three cars of mel ons,* verdict for the plaintiff for $390 00. Cora Brooker vs. A. E. Silverthome, verdict for the plaintiff for $3,000. Augusta.* A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE TO THOSE WHO FEEL Letters to Santa Gas, I write aa your brother We are a large family. This world-war, Made in against which we are fightii^, sent our. income down and our oen&cs up. The pinch hurts, but it is not m Dear Santa Clans will write you and ask you to bring me Something to kill us. for the Xmas tree if they have it at We still have enough and hilda also I want plenty of candy and 1° *p:tre.’ apples oranges you must remember my litle sister and Bring her something what ever you want them to have but remember all other little children as times is so hard I will close remember all little children Lenora and Eloise Delk Beldoc, S. C., Dec. 6, 1917. dear santa. I am a little Girl a- bout 6 years old and I want you to bring me. a doll and a piano and a lots of candy and fruit and i have a little-Sister about 2 years old and she wants you «to bring her some candy and h lots of fruit. Yours, truly. Mildred Williams. days in Barnwell the past week as the guest of Col. aud Mrs. Harry D. Cal- loun. Mr. Moorehead expressed his delight at being in Barnwell, and said le had just come down more pn a social visit to tee his distributors in his State, Harry D. Calhoun and E. T. Richardson, who by the way, it is said are selling more bodies for Ford Cars than the factory’can make. Mr. F. A. Ames has been buiding Buggies and Bodies for the South Carolina trade for thirty-five years, and enjoys an immense business. While here Mr. Moorehead gave the people of Barnwell quite a nice little talk at the Baptist Church Sunday night aa to the workings of the Red Croat ia his dty and state, and told the of BarvvaB tea great im- of this great work ta tea of tbe Beldoc, S.eC., Dec. 6, 1917. Dear Santa I am a little girl 13 year, going to school. I want two vace and a cup and saucer and a ring and a doll baby and some fruit your truley Jessie Jarrell. Though we feel poor, don’t let be impoverished by selfish fear! Let us save in food, in service, clothes, in luxuries and joy-i but not in money! Let us* use that by giving it to the wounded, the suffering, our our country. • Let us keep Chrietmas this year by keeping up the Red Cross. Then it will not. be a poor Christ mas, but a rich Christinas to oar heai u. —Henry van Dyke. Mrs. Paul Quattiebaum Buried. Lyndhurst, S. C. Dec. ^0. 1917. Dear Santy I will write and tell you what I want t want a Bracelet and a neck chane and a large tie and sum fruit so that will be all I will ask you for this time. Yours truly' A me Ready w r A | Lyndhurst 8- C. Dee. 10. 1917. Dear Santa I want you to bring me a toy ex press wagon plenty of fire works and fruit hoping you will bo by toon Your little Boy L F. Bendy Jr. Williston, Dec. 11—Mrs. Paul Quat tiebaum, a resident of this aegtrag who died in an Augusta hospital cm Friday night was buried here yester day. The services were conducted by her pastor. She was born in Edge- field County 64 years ago as Mias {So phie V. Whittle and was married to Mr. Paul Quattiebaum, a member of a prominent family from that section of the State. She waa possessed of splendid attainments of character and was a consistent member of the Bap tist Church. Besides her large con nection of relatives she leaves the fol lowing children: Mr. Willard Quat tiebaum, of Savannah, Gp.; Mrs. Len- sie Wilds, of Longtown; Mrs. Ella Rushton, of Johnston; Mrs. Eva Mit chell, of Ridge Spring; Miss Gladys Messrs. MM ton and Judson Quattle- baum, of WilHslon. The interment wan made in the local cemetery. Mr. tee lory, of