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t People “Jumt Like a Member of Ihe Family' 9 VOLUME XLL BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 17TH. 1918 NUMBER THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FACES VERY BUSY WEEK Outline of Whit Both Houses Will Try to Accomplish. FIRE SUNDAY MORNING. Cold Weather Made Fighting: Difficult, but Blase Was Subdued. | RED CROSS -|- DEPARTMENT ? BARNWELL COUNTY CHAPTER. AMERICAN RED CROSS. ARMISTICE EXTENDED. Columbia, Jan. 13.—A week of hard work faces both houses of the Gener- , j » • : j \ al Assembly when they reconvene here Tuesday after a recess since Fri day afternoon. The principal matter for the fore part of the week are elec tions of judges, State officers and trustees to various institutions, and during the remainder of the week spe cial orders and bills on the Calendars will be considered. A review of the work of the past week shows that much along legisla tive lines was accomplished when it is considered that it was the initial week of the session. A deal of work on both Calendars was done; some im portant bills were passed and a large number killed. The ftenate passed the bill prohibit ing persons under fourteen years of age driving motor vehicles, another creating a central board of control of the various State reformatory schools, and the House measure limiting the hours of work in textile establish- • -•»nU of the State to sixty hours a k, the bill prohibiting the procur- debauching and transporting ^«nen in South Carolina for immoral PR*poses, etc. Bills Killed. : ^ The Senate killed two insurance bills About £:30 o’clcclc Surdu/ morning, smoke was discovered issuing fr *m the roof nf * dwelling •»«*•:.-t >.y Mr J. G. Moody and occupied by Mr. S. H. Ussery, next door to the residence of j In congratulating you on your ef- Mr. J. G. Moody, Jr. The alarm was forts for the Red Cross during the given and in a short time a line of great Christmas drive for new mem- hose was run from a Main Street hy- 1 hers and in extending my personal drant. The volunteer fire-fighters wishes for a happy New Year, I am were greatly hindered in their efforts requested to hand you the following to subdue the blaze by the extremely message from Henry P. Davidson, cold weather. The mercury was down Chairman, American Red Cross War Peace Negotiations Will Probably Be Ttansferred to Warsaw. X EDGAR A. BROWN. Chm’n. MRS. W. M. ANDREWS. V-Chmn x MRS. G. M. GREENE, Sec. I*. M. BUCKINGHAM, Tre,». “Dear Ladies: I received a very nice Christmas package from your Chapter and you can’t imagine the pleasure it gives ther boys to know some one is thinking of them. Sin cerely, John W. Justice, Fort Screven, Ga” to 10 degrees above zero and the water froze as fast as it fell on the building. However, after hard work the fire Council: “The latest reports avail able indicate that the Christmas drive for ten million new members for the was extinguished, the damage being American Red Cross has resulted in confined to a hole burned in the roof and to that done by the water. The roof, sides and floor of the dwelling were a solid sheet of ice and icicles several inches long hung from the eaves. Mr. Moody’s loss is covered by in surance, but Mr. Ussery, who moved to Barnwell only a few days ago, had not taken out a policy. He succeed ed, however, in removing all of his household goods from the building, the damage to his furniture being com paratively light. HE’S WILLING TO QO. Ready to Do His Bit if Government Will Support His Family. the addittion of fully sixteen million names to its rolls. This number added to the more than six million members before the Christmas campaigh makes the total present enrollment fully twenty million.. This is a magnifi cent fact, an expression not alone of the patriotism but of the fine sympa thy and idealism of the whole Amer ican people. The Red Cross War Council congratulates and welcomes every new member. Likewise it con gratulates the officers and ol^ mem bers of the organization who have giv en unstintedly of their time and effort to make this membership campaign a success, but the wonderful achieve ment of enrolling one-fifth of the en tire population of the United States as members of the American Red New York, Jani 14.—Although there is still talk in unofficial quarters of the possibility of a final break in the peace negotiations between the Cen tral powers and the Bolsheviki, the ar mistice evidently has been extended to February 18th, and it is expected that the pour parlers will be trans ferred shortly from -Brest-Litovsk to Warsaw. f Late advices indicate that there was “Dear Ladies: In a Christmas considerable haggling between the op- package handed me by the Secretary of the local Y. M. C. A., was a card wishing the recipient®a Merry Christ mas, and l take this means of thank ing you fpr the many useful articles posing delegates at Brest-Litovsk the latter part of last week. Trotsky, Bolsheviki foreign minis ter, as in the previous deliberations, proved recalcitrant with regard to the TORNADO-LIKE WIND HIT BARNWELL FRIDAY NIGHT FronU of Post Office and Barber Shop - ^ * . . l ■ • Blown into Street. the package contained. The thought- German formula “that the contracting fulness and efforts of the Red Cross parties have resolved henceforth to are appreciated very much by the men live in peace and friendship,” declares in the service and the good that they that it is a “decorative phrase and did have done and are doing for the Army not describe what the future relations is wonderful. Wishing the members between the Russian and German peo- of your Chapter a Happy and pros- pie would be.” other the valued policy statute also the measure providing for the removal of sheriffs and other peace officers by the Governor. Among the important measures disapproved by the House was the one requiring, trial by jury before ejectment proceedings can be enforced and another, the “docking” of judges who are absent from their du- • ties for any cause except that of sick ness. The Senate passed the second read ing bill establishing a custodial train ing school for the feeble-minded, which carries an appropriation of 860,000. This measure will pass third reading in the Senate, probably the first of this week, and will’be sent to the Gov ernor for his approval, as it was given final approval by the House last year. Elections will be begun Tuesday at noon and will be continued from day to day until disposed of. One associ ate justice, seven circuit judges, an insurance commissioner, State librari an, code commissioner, two trustees for the University of South Carolina, three trustees for Winthrop College, two trustees for the Citadel, three trustees for Clemson College, and two trustees for the Colored Normal, In dustrial and Mechanical College are to be elected. The main interest ia centered in the race for insurance com missioner to succeed F. U. McMaster, of Columbia, who has decided not to offer for reelection. There are sev eral candidates in the field for the po sition. The incumbents in the other positions, with few exceptions, will be ^nopposed. Richardson Probe. An important matter which will come up this week will be an investi gation into the charges made by Gov ernor Manning last year, in a special message to the Senate, against the former State game warden, A. A. Rich ardson, and his office. A special com mittee, composed of Senators Wil liams, of Lancaster, Johnson, of New berry and McCown, of Florence^will probe into the charges. In connection with this investigation the veto by Governor Manning of the bill placing the office of chief game warden in the general election will be taken up by the Senate next Friday. The Govern or’s annual message recommended- that the game department be placed under the board of fisheries, the chief warden to be appointed by that board. Resolutions ratifying the proposed amendment to the federal Constitution providing for absolute prohibition have been introduced in both branches and have received majority favorabje reports from the judiciary committees of the House and the Senate, but the committee of the former body ap proved it by a margin pf only one vote. As it will take only a majority vote of the General Assembly to approve the measure, it undoubtedly will pass, but it is destined to be a hard fight in the lower body. No Suffrage Wrangle. The Legislature will not be con fronted with a suffrage fight this ses- m, as the Horton resolution placing matter in a referendum was with- Prawn from the files of the House Fri day by the author. Mr. Horton, in re questing the shelving of the measure, said that the proponents of equal suf frage would not ask the General As sembly for further consideration this year, as the Congress would adapt the try prnpwr iptrtt IimnpUywt Irr rmrTTTFW^'lfmmpf mn’T^TTIT the following . letter, fwhich was at- call to greater service As Inched to a questionnaire recently we stand on the threshold of a new submifteed to the Local Board by a year in this hour of world's tragedy married registrant: there can be but one thought in the Jan 9 1918 minds of the twenty two million mem- “Dear Smr fry questionnaire wars hers of the American Red Cross and mailad the 31 of DccemBer and it Had that is to serve and sacrifice as never to Be trantford from Blackville s c to Dover ga and tharfore 1 Did not get it until Jan the 8 But 1 Hop this will Bee all rite Hear is the way i stand aBout this question I Have 1 wife and 3 children and my wife Have not Been aBle to work sene# 1 mand Hear • But if the govenerment will support my wife and children i am wiling to go j 0 t ^ r and Done my Part for 1 sink it ia rite for av^r man Hu calls His self a setuson of the u. a. order Doe His Part as fare as He can.” • I Berlin papers please copy Beard Makes I’rof i The Local Board for Barnwell Coun ty ia making good progress in the classification of the registrants, about 40 per cent of the claims having beth passed on. The time limit for return ing questionnaires expires today, ac cording to the Selective Service Reg ulations, but in order that no deserv ing registrant be deprived of his right to deferred classification, the Board has decided to extend the time for a few days longer. However, reg istrants are put on notice that this is a very important matter and unless their questionnaires, properly filled out, are returned within the next few days they will be placed automatically into class one. before.” I feel sure that the following letters will be of grest interest to the peo ple of our county who responded so generously to our call for Christmas packets to bo sent to our boys abroad and in the camps within our borders: “Fort Screven. Ga.. Doc. 25, 1917 — es of the Barnwell Chap ter: Will you allow me to express my sincere appreciation of your Christmas card and package handed me last evening ? The knife especially waa very welcome. Am enlisted as photographer and when assigned to some place where I can do that work I will if poaaible make and send your Chapter some photo# of such subject# *• are allowable to be photographed R**P«*tfully, F. M Halpine, Recruit Barracks ” perous New Year, I am, Yours very truly, H. B. Stillman, Master Elec trician, Coast Artillery Corps, Fort Screven, Ga.” The following letter comes from one of our Barnwell boys now stationed with the Navy at Mt. Pleasant, thank- Interna] Strife In Ruasia. Internal strife continues in various parts of Russia. Boisheciki troops are reported to have cleared General Kaledines' cossacks from the Don Riv er basin and to have captured Ekater- inoslav. Following previous reports ing one of our good ladies for a com- of a mutiny of sailors at Sebastopol fort kit: where sixty-two officers, among them “I was most agreeably surprised a ^ our nd®ir»l*. were killed, Russian few days since when I received a I •6hU#r» are declared to have looted Following a rise of temp«rature that was almost a heat wave, a wind-. storm, at times approaching the ve locity of a tornado, swept over Barn well and the surrounding country Fri day night. Shortly before nightfall the increasing velocity of the wind gave warning of a blustery night, and about 8:30 o'clock the gale proved too much for the fronts of the post office and the barber shop adjoining and they collapsed into Main Street with a loud crash. Fortunately, there were no pedestrians on the sidewalk at the time. The gale increased its intensity, be ing at its height between 10 and 11 o’clock, after which time it began to subside, much to the relief of the oc cupants of frame buildings, which shook and rattled as each gust seemed bent on tearing them from their foun dations. During the night a shed over the sidewalk in from of the store occupied by Mr. E. G. Bolen, on Wall Street, was blown on top of the build ing and e pane af glaee in Col. N. G. W. Walker’s residence was blown out. This was about the extent of the prop erty damage in Barnwell with the ex ception of a few fencee being blown down. # Following the wind storm, there was a drop in temperature from 60 do- i^^iell ■■dltllf tOWn ° f K ‘ ll ‘ t lini> in wii^Jgy—« KrwUv to Itt upon opening it found a comfort kit. I can hardly tell how much I really appreariatr it as it is just what I have been wanting and needing for some time. It was certainly an agreeable surprise for I was toot expecting any Christmas gifts and especially one of this kind. Yours sincerely, Osborne Reed “ * Our Work Room is now located in the Lancaster building and now that our boys are being sent “over there” it behooves each of us to do our part in getting additional boxes ready to be sent on to headquarters, the de mand being greater than the supply Too much praise cannot be said of the noble work done by this small hapd of women, and we wish to thank Mrs Lena Davie# especially for the vise of the Work Room for the past year and her devotion at all times to the work. We also wish to thank the editor of The People who has been so generrtfts with the columns of his paper, also the other officers of the Chapter for their untiring efforts on behalf of the Red Croat. Jennie P, Greene, Sec. SAVINGS STAMPS CAMPAIGN. Results of First Few Weeks Gratifying to Officials. Very The net results of the first month of the war ravings stamps campaign in South Carolina, in which this state is to raise 130,000,000 of the two bil lions which the government expects to raise during 1918 by the saving stamp investment, are encouraging to the state headquarters of the cam paign. R. Goodwyn Rhett, State di today made the following The motorists of Barnwell have ex perienced the inconvenience of a gas- rector, oline shortage during the past several statement: days. • I “A review of the work accomplished resolution amending the federal Con stitution. A companion measure to that of Mr. Horton was killed in the Senate last year by a very narrJhv vote. Both houses seem desirous of com pleting their work in the shortest pos sible time and adjourning. A concur rent resolution, introduced by Repre sentative Kelly, of Anderson, last week making it the sense of the Gen eral Assembly to adjourn within twen ty days if possible was adopted by both houses. The Whorton concur rent resolution, setting February 2 as the date to adjourn sine die, was adop ted by the Senate, but has been passed the Ukrainians to have forced the aqe- ond Ukrainian regiment to surrender and lay down 7,000 nfles and 13 nfa- chine guns. The Petrograd garrison also appar ently ia out of hand, idle soldiers hav ing been reported as going into the provinces and taking food from the inhabitants and bringing it back to 'he capital and selling It at exhorbt- 1 tant prices. HoUhewki Called teurpera. The aortal re* olutionary members of ihe constituent assembly ta Russia are to a general peace at Rus sia's expense, and declares that the Bolsheviki are “usurpers of power, who have precipitated the country in to an abyss of civil war and anarchy ” Speculation la nfe concerning the conferences that are being held ia Berlin between the military aad poli tical leaders, in which Emperor Wil liam and the crown pnnee have par ticipated. “A death struggle is now proceeding between the rekhstag peace majority and the military an nexationist party,” says a Bavarian newspaper, which adds that it does not know which side the government morning. The cold increasod during the day and night and Sunday morn ing Barnwell lies again shivered ia 10-degree weather. So unexpected was the cold wave that water ptpee ia practically every residence in the city were fro sen and the plumbers wtU reap another harvest A SERIOUS QUESTION Is There Danger af a Shortage of Food? If the war goes on long present world-wide food approach famine conditions in many countries, even after the conctueioa of peace, writes Henry Ferrand Griffin, in Leslie's. That ia a situation which is giving thoughtful men everywheco senous concern. With the many mil lions of men taken from agncultme and food industries, with the contin ued heavy looses of thippii* carrying foodstuffs, there is a steady drain on the food roserv et of the world. Aa compared with population, the food reserves have probably been so low as at the present TEACHERS MEET SATURDAY Joint Meeting of Teachers and Trus tees to He Held Here. will .upport. and that Erypuan dark- E T jr ^ th * t ^ W * r ""“T n... rnahrouda th, n.Uon'. p.^. ! "• k " terms ” ‘ The slogan of the conservationists. during the initial month is satisfac tory evidence that the state intends to do its share in this preat work. Reports received from postmasters, | county chairmen, and other agencies ! are encouraging, as they show that thousands of the citizens are taking | an active interest in the campaign, j which is simply for the purpose of : diverting money to war needs that ! would otherwise be expended on un necessary luxuries. “We want every man, woman, and child in the state to use the dimes, quarters, and dollars usually spent for luxuries for the purpose of help ing the government win the war and Mr. Horace J. Crouch, county sup erintendent of education,, has mailad out invitations to the teachers and trustees of Barnwell County to attend a joint meeting, which will be held in the auditorium of the Barnwell High School Saturday, beginning at 11:30 o’clock a. m. This will be a very im portant session and Mr. Crouch hopes and expects that every teacher and trustee in the county will be present. The Hon. J. E. Swearingen, State sup erintendent of education, has been in vited to make an address, and in ad dition the following excellent program has been arranged: Music. Devotional exercises—Rev. W. L. Hayes. Littlo Fighting. Cold weather and snows are still re tarding the infantry action on the bat tle front where no fighting of moment is taking place, except in the nature of small patrol engagements and artil lery duels. Notwithstanding the fact that similar conditions prevailed last week, the British casualties for the seven days ending this month were 24,679, as compared with 19,998 the previous week, and 9,951 the week be fore that. The days gain seven minutes in suns iin«. this week Capt. C. H. Mathis, of. Blackville, was in the city on business Monday. have very ungrudgingly donated that ^ A ^ .. space to the farming interests of the Remarks by Supt. Horace J. Crouch. county an(f , sincerely hope that the over for consideration by the House ! w * n ^ earliest possible mo- three times and remains on the House Calendar. Both houses refused reso lutions appointing steering commit tees to designate what legislation shall be considered this session. President Endorsed. The Senate and House adopted a concurrent resolution affirming their belief in President Wilson and endors ing his course in the war. Likewise a concurrent resolution was passed by the General Assembly inviting Frank- ment. The ‘ government will pay in five years $5.00 for every savings stamp bought now for $4.12, which represents the original price plus in terest at 4 per cent per annum, com pounded quarterly. The thrift stamps sell for 25c each and can be converted into the war savings stamps. . # “Every postmaster in the state is selling these stamps and will give complete information about them. lin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior, Postmen and rural carriers will de- to address that body on national poli- liver the stamps to any residence or tics at the convenience of Mr. Lane. The House adopted a concurrent resolution asking the State tax com missioner ta rescind its action in structing the county auditors to aaseaa all taxable property in South Caro lina in 1918 at one-half its actual value. office on their routes. Many banks are handling them, and hundreds of other agencies will be appo«:‘ted War savings societies among all class es of people are being formed It is absolutely the safest and simplest in- i vfs*>MBt that c*o te sat*, and pays Music. Address—Hon. J. E. Swearingen. Round-Table Conference. Topic—What problems are offered to this meeting and what action should it take? Lunch—S^pved by Barnwell High School Gifts! Supt. W. E. Lake, Jr., of the Barn well High School, is chairman of the Executive Committee. Farmers' Column. I wish to announce the fact that I have secured a colum of apace in both of the county papers to be used as a means ’of • disseminating information of value to the farming interest in Barnwell County and the furtherence of the demonstration work. This col umn will furnish a means for the peo ple of the county to get the most val ue, in a general way, of the exten sion work in this county. Any question that you wish to aak of an agricultural nature, all you have to do ia to write to the county agent at Blackvillo, 8. G, aad that question and 'the aaewer will be pub^md feu the f« Hewing lasue af the ewaaffy pa- ef the two anpore people will make the most use of it possible. In addition to the questions and answers referred to above I will also have an article in each week’s issue which will be of timely importance to the farmers. Be sure to see what is in each week's issue. Yours for service, H. G. Boylston, County Agent. May I Suggest the following: Watch for cholera among your hogs. As soon as the disease gets in your community notify your county agent to come and help you to save yours from the disease. Now is the time to prune your or chard and spray for the schale which kills the majority of the trees. Your county •agent will gladly show you how to care for them. Begin now to plant your garden and have a good ona the entire year. Be sure to plan to plant a great deal of sweet potatoes, corn, velvet beans, aad in fact all kinds of food stuffs for man aad beast that eaa be grown succeuefally here, for it ia very bkaly that yea will he unable te hay “Food will win the war,” ia not far from the truth. It is by no means too soon for the American people te be beginning preparations for a second 1918 harvest that will be worth more than many army corpe. Last spring the warning came too late, and the preparations were inadequate for the best results. But in 1918 American farmers and American gardeners have duties fully v important as have any of our soldiers now in France. Every available acre of ground snould be made to produce to its utmost ca pacity. And that means cooperative organization, intelligently directed, in all parts of the country. It would be interesting to know what the De partment of Agriculture is doing to prepare for this obvious need. In the national emergency it has an oppor tunity for a service that is in some ways quite as important as the work of the Army and Navy departments. CAN THE WAR LAST? Peace May Come as Suddenly as the War Did. It seems incredible, despite the 'pre dictions of military experts, that this war can last for another year, de clares “Jasper,” writing in Leslie's. It is too terribly exausting. The spirit of revolution against it is in the air, not only in Russia, but also among the peoples of all the contending na tions. In Germany it is not apparent so much among the masses as among the classes—the great bankers, heads of industries and of shipping. The revolution in Germany is not likely to come from the bottom, but from the top. When the great bankers and captains of industry fully appreciate what the isolation of Germany means they will be driven to demand over tures for peace. Whether the Kaiser can resist these powerful influence# may be queefioned. bat without money that the eaff^Tthe war wfll ha la