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The 'VOLUME XLI. BARNWELL BUSINESS MEN OBEY GARFIELD'S ORDER \ Practically All Local Stores Closed Their Doors Monday. In compliance with the order of Dr. Garfield, the national fuel administra tor, none of the merchants of Barnwell burned fuel on Monday and practically all of them closed their places of bus iness, those who remained open re- * training from use of fuel of any sort for heating. The only places of busi ness where wood or coal was used for heating were drug stores, hotels, etc., w T hich were exempt under the order. The city had very much the appear ance of Sunday, as very few people were on the streets, many of the clerks taking advantage of the enforced holi day to enjoy a hunt. According to the terms of the order, the business men of Barnwell and oth er places are required to burn no fuel of any kind for ten consecutive Mon days and they expect to comply with the strict letter of the law. This will not work any great hardship on the people, inasmuch as they will antici pate their wants and make their pur chases ahead. Elsewhere in this issue of The Peo- • will be found a proclamation by p M. C. Kitchmgs, Intendant of ^^^town of Williston, calling on the flPUhs of that li*.«ie city to close , tnetr places of business on the day* named in th* order. *Jumt Like a Member of the Family 99 — AY, J/ People BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 24TH, 1918 NUMBER 40 COL. HARRY D. CALHOUN ADVOCATES COUNTY FARM Barnwell Banker Thinks Such an En- , terprise Would Pay Well. In the Ranks. J. A. WILLIS OF BARNWELL • HAS WON RANK OF MAJOR His Many Barn*HI Friends Rejoice ia His Rapid Promotion. He U now Major James A. Willis. The announcement of the promotion of Major Willis from the rank of Cap tain was not entirely a surprise to his many fnenda in Barnwell, aa excellent reports have been received here of the soldierly way in which he has dis charged hit duties in the National Army. There were quite a number of pro- motions of young men from this and ' neighboring States These promo- motions were made upon the recom mendation of the commanding general of the dtviekm. which was sent to Waahing$on some days ago. Each of the officers thus promoted has the t ^*^ht to feel that he ?s honored in the appointment, aa only a limited num ber could have the coveted promotion. Among those who were promoted to the rank of first lieutenant were David E Barnett, a former member of the faculty of the Barnwell High School, and Frank H. Barnwell, for several yrars in the employ of the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Com pany, of Barnwell. The People congratulates these offi cers on having “won their spurs'* so early in the war. AN ENT THE TEACHERS. •^Crouch Explains that Many Are Graduates of Other States. The People is in receipt of the fol lowing letter from Supt. H. J. CroucK, space for which is cheerfully given: Editor B. P. Davies. Barnwell People, Barnwell, S. C. Dear Sir:~ A good many of The People readers, since reading the list of white teach ers employed in Barnwell County, as published last week, are of the opinion that a very small per cent of the teach ers are college graduates. They reached this decision because you failed to publish the fqpt note explain ing that only graduates of colleges in South Carolina were indicated. We have a good many teachers in this county who graduated in North Caro lina, Georgia, and Virginia colleges. The Alma Mater of these teachers was not given in this list. It is true that a larger per cent of our teachers are undergraduates. Permi^ me to add, that our corps of teachers are transient. There are one hundred and twelve employed in this county; thirty-five ONLY are teach ers employed in this county last ses sion. Or, in other words, it seems that nearly 70 per cent are new teachers. Last session, there were thirteen male teachers in Barnwell County; this ses sion only one, (let’s hope it wasn’t the thirteenth,) of these is with our , kchoola. The situation has a meaning tf^siffnificance all its own. I don’t it is indicative of the beet good for our school# Very sincerely, Horace J. Crouch. At a meeting of the taxpayers, held in Barnwell in the early part of 1917, Col. Harry .D. Calhoun, president of the Home Bank of Barnwell, suggest ed to those present the advisability of the county leasing a farm and work ing it with convict labor, his idea be ing to reduce as much as possible the cost of maintaining the poor yard and chain gangs. With the same idea in mind he addressed the following let ter to Mr. A. M. Kennedy, of Willis ton, who took an active part in the taxpayers’ meetings: • “Dear Mr. Kennedy: Last year about this time, you very thoughtfully called a meeting of the representative tax payers of the county to look into any plan or plans that might reduce the burdensome and growing taxes on the people of the county, and among the many good suggestions that were advocated was the advisability of the county commissioners leasing two to five hundred acres of land in the mid dle of the County, on some railroad, whereby the Supervisor, with his’ mules and gang of hands, could at least raise enough provisions for them- ! selves, to say nothing of the amount they might make for sale , and I write you this that you might encour age this among our people, and if they think well of it to put the matter before the commissioners, if they have the authority to act, and ask the land owner* of the county to submit their bids on leasing the desirable plfre, and if selected the alms house should f>e moved there, and blooded stock kept for the convenie~.ce of the tax payers without cost to them. **! enclose you a statement that I Have just gotten from the Supervisor's office, and you will see that the amount to feed the gangs last year coat over S12.S00, and this does not include the alms house expense*. This expense, however, is no larger than in previous years and no reflection what ever is meant on the present commis sioners or Supervisor, but why buy $5,000 worth of corn and horse food and $2,500 worth of meat and over $2,000 worth of hay when ere can easily raise it with the farm labor? ‘*!f you think well of this, you may agitate it further, and I shall be very glad with others to help you. “With kind personal regards. Harry D Calhoun ** The statement to which Mr Cal houn refers is as follows:: The American House Manager Is today a member of tbe army that Is flghflng to save democracy to the world. More than ll.onfirtno maaagera of American homes bar# enlist*') for the duration of tbe war and pledged tberaaelve$ to support tbe Arhtlng men by the way they buy. cook aad serve foo*i Food will win the war. and the^k women will help to win It. Amer ica must send fond to f! urt The smiles cannot hold out If w# fall to send It. Only certain foods tCesyrtfht by Ufa Pub. Oe.) Court My of Lift and Char toe Dana Qt ran bo shipped—those that pack tbe moot food valoo Into tho small est shipping spare. Thoso*fo4i • re wheat, met* fV* - chf. W# cannot eat them and send them too. We cannot eat theta and send others We must tend these foods, and In order to do that we must eat other foods ourselves The American t!*»«i*e Manager will see te ll that no food romeo Into her home that does not do Its full duty under her mansgetneat la winning the war. latermal Strife Coutiauee to Tax la- geuaity of (Government. ONLY MEAGRE NEWS COMES FROM VIENNA Corn $4,006 96 F*odder .. 14017 Hav _ Tn : .. 2.159 37 Meal .. 1.097*7 Meat , .. 2.443.8* Rice , .. 31*45 Peas .. 304 00 Flour L, 17600 Synip .. 503 69 fabhag* 1... — 1*502 Potatoes __ ... * 70 55 Horae feed .. 1,064.33 Oats _ Total $12,517.16 AUSTRIA IS TROUBLED WITH WAR WEARINESS I OR RED C'ROHM WORK Meeting to Re Held km All—dale to Organise Chapter. Allendale. Jan 21.^The W otnan's Rending dob of Allendale met Thurs day afternoon at 4 o’clock at the boMs of Mrs. Willie Oswald. After the bus iness of the elub was diacuaeed, Mrs William Gray gave an interesting talk — the organisation of a Red Cross chapter in Allendale. She announced that Dr. Joeiah Morse of Columbia would be n Allendale Wednesday night. January 23, to organise a chap ter. The subject for the meeting was “Joe Chandler Harris'* and Mrs. Law- ton Ellis read an interesting paper on the life of Mr. Hams, after which Miss Marie Keel gave selections from j “Uncle Remus.** Striker# Send Large Delegation to Food Minister to Inform Him That Their Desire fee Peace Overshadows All Else.— Haagary. Ton. Asks Quest! Fairfax Chapter Meets. Fairfax, Jan. 19.—The Fairfax Chapter, U. D. C., held its regular meeting at the home of Mrs. J, J. Har ter, with Miss Edna Kearse assistant hostess. This meeting was one of un- usal interest, being in memory of three of the South's greatmen, R. E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Matthew Fontaine Maury. Miss Daisy Epting read a splendid essay on Lee and Jack- son. Other papers were read by Mrs. Lula Youmans and Mrs. Porter Bar ber. Miss Stansell rendered a beauti ful solo which was followed by a duet by Mrs. W. M. Lightsey and N. B. Loadholt. During the business ses sion a Red Cross Auxiliary was or ganized with a membership of 20. The officers are: Mrs. D. B. Grosclose, chairman; Mrs. Leroy Young, vice- chairman; Mrs. W. W. Anderson, sec retary; Mrs. J. E. Johnston, treasurer. The hostess served a sweet course©, followed by coffee. Austria* Cabinet Resigns. The crisis in Austria arising from the discontent of tb* people over the continuation of the war, the scarcity of food and a general de sire for peace, ha* resulted in the resignation of the Austrian cabi net. For weeks there has been bitter opposition to the govern ment on the part of the people and during the last few days this has resulted in nationwide strikes and some disturbance. r Field Clerk F. B. Creech, stationed at Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Ala., was the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. WT s. week. Creech, of Kline, last Mr. W. B. Norris, of Kline, has re cently returned from a visit to rela tives in Florida. While in the “land of flowers,** Mr, Norris visited many weevil-infected cotton fields. He says that if any farmers ia this think that theftf crop# wttf not be No newspapers in Vienna were per mitted last Saturday. The only pub lication allowed was a single sheet bulletin which told some of the details of the nationwide strike and the de velopments in the peace negotiations at Brest-Litovsk. 'As usual, the hand of the German propagandist was to be seen in this one sheet bulletin, for the notifications in it were from the Ger man social democracy of Austria. This lay stress on last year's declaration of the Austrian foreign minister, Count Czernin,’that the Central Pow ers were ready to make an immediate general peace without annexations or indemnities. Failed to Placate. Recently, however, this statement failed to placate the -strikers in Vi enna, who sent a large delegation to wait upon the food minister to inform him of conditions among the working class and to impress on him that their desire for peace overshadowed and took precedence over all other de mands. In Hungary also the people are ne- deavoring to ascertain what are the prospects for a cessation of houtilitiee and a return to the normal. So in sistent has been their effort that the Hungarian premier has been forced to announce that the government ad hered te the principle of peace without ftiene or Aaft ev- First D. A. R. Meeting. ♦ The first meeting of the year of the Barnwell Chapter, D. A. R., met at the home of Mrs. L. M. Calhoun on Friday afternoon, Jan. 18th. After the regular business meeting a very pleasant social hour follow r ed, during u-hich refreshments were served by the hostess, who was assisted by Mrs. L. P. Wilson. If the first meeting is any indica tion of the future, great things are ex pected from the Barnwell Chapter during the year, as this was a splen did meeting in every respect. ation. Nothing from Germany. The censorship has entirely closed down with regard to the internal sit uation in Germany, although one of the Berlih newspapers is quoted as declaring that the oft-postponed speech of the imperial chancellor to the main committee of the Reichstag will be delivered next Thursday. Unofficial advices from Copenhagen are to the effect that Leon Trotxky, the Bolsheviki foreign minister, has asserted that although he had depart ed for Petrograd, the peace negotia tions at Brest-LitoVsk will be contin ued during his absence. Trotxky is reported to have informed the chief German delegate at Brest-Litovsk that his visit to Petrograd was merely for the purpoee of reporting to the Congress of Workmen's and Soldiers’ Deputies No lighting of gnat importance is Ukiug piece oe say of the battle GOVERNMENT WILL PAY WELL FOR CASTOR BEANS Farmers Will Be Paid $3 a Bushel at Their Station. BARNWELL COUNTY LAGS IN FOOD CONSERVATION The Government needs castor oil for lubricating the aeroplanes which are expected to play a big part in win ning this war. The supply is short, and this section can produce castor beans, and the Government means Jo make it profitable to the farmers to plant the castor bean. Mr. T. S. Evans, of the Seaboard Air Line Railway Co., in speaking of the matter, said: “Castor beans are an easy crop to produce in this sec tion. Women and children can harvest the crop. It is good for.the land, and I am ready to give to the farmers of this section a contract for all the beans they can produce, and to pay them £1.00 a bushel at their station. “I will furnish the seed for plant ing at the exact coat to the Govern ment, plus the cost of transportation, to the farmer, and will give full direc tions os to how to plant and care for the crop and harvest it Any farmer that wants to take advantage of this offer and prove his patriotism, can write to me at Hamlet, N. and I will see that ioformation and other contracts are supplied. Only 608 Out of 7,278 Families Sigue* Pledge Last Fall. PHOSPHATE ROCK VERY • GOOD FOR FERTILIZING Effort will be made by the United States food administration to regis ter all homes in South Carolina in the food conservation movement, accord ing to an announcement by William Elliott, food administrator for this. State. During the campaign last fall more than 100,000 homes joined the food administration forces by signing the pledge cards. There are nearly 400,- 000 homes in the State and every effort will be made to secure all for member ship in the United States food admin istration. There are 608 families in Barnwell County registered as* members of the food administration. There are 7,27* families in the county. AH families who have not joined the food admin istration should write Immediately to the food administrator, Arcade Build ing, Columbia, and secure the beauti ful window card, the kitchen card and other information which is to be dis tributed. The food administration to making arrangements for the wide distribution of information that will be of value to every householder. Thoee signing the pledge canto, merely promise to save food insofar aa pos sible, eo that America may be ful ia this of Willtotea. Telto Farmers of His Experience. WiUiaten. January 21.—Dr. W C. Smith, of this place, tolls ia the fel- ow, ng manner hie experience with the "ise phosphate rock as a fertiliser: Three years ago a number of farm ers of this section bought *0 tone of indy ground Tennessee phosphate - *-k which they divided among them-' tehree and used just as they did arid hoaphate. mixing the ground phos phate reek with rofteneeed meal aad compost la every one of scores of a ref al arranged testa the ground rock •roved a heater fertiliser than the acid phosphate The next year, I tit, these farmers •sed to tone of greeau phosphate reek auf^ronunued their expenamate, com *mnng it with acid phosphate, aad gain ia every instance the phosphate wrk proved bettor thaa the acid phos phate I watched these testa from the be- rmning but must confess to being a toubting Thomas I read several ag ricultural papers and they all agreed *ith the experts of Demean College n saying that ground phosphate rock was insoluble, inert and practically forth lea*. But the dsaena of expert- nenta performed by careful practical armers convinced me that ground thosphato rock was not only cheaper, »ut pound for pound, was a better fer- ilitcr than acid phosphate. I mix all my fertilisers, and up to ’917 used acid phosphate, but in mak- ng my arrangements for the past esr I bought 60 tons ground rock 'ihoephste and no acid, but wishing to continue the experiments I bought s on of acid phosphate from one of my leighbors who was laughing at me for buying the phosphate rock. This ton of acid phosphate was mixed with cot tonseed meal in the proportion of 200 pounds of acid to 100 pounds of cot tonseed meal. This was then divided into three parts and used under cot ton at the rate of 500 pounds to the acre on three separate fields all difl fering in the character of soil and fer tility. I had the acid and meal put out right through the middle of the field where I had phosphate rock and cottonseed meal on both sides of it and the difference in favor of the phos phate rock was so marked that it could be seen a hundred yards away. I took my laughing friend down to see it. The result is that he has al ready hauled out to his farm a full car load of ground phosphate rock. The community that began with one car load of 30 tons three years ago will use near 500 tons in 1918, and we are asking who started this thing of using acid phosphate instead of the plain ground rock? • In our experiments several of the meet popular brands of arid phosphate manufactured in the State having been We had been told ^that acid phosphate would cause cotton to grow off and mature fruit more rapidly and earlier than where the ground phos phate rock was used. This is not true of any of the score of experiments that we have made in this section The lands of Barnwell end Aiken fairly npreeentaUwe of the eetton growing lends of the fact of fht • litoited supply of War Geek and the homekeepere who apply foe membership will receive ee these books free of coot “Food will win the War; DeeT Waqto It" to the slogan of the UaMei States Food sdmtnietmUon FARMERS TO CRT SmtATV Go*emmet to Seft Nitrate f< User Through (ounty A keen given to H G The days gsin nine minutes in sun shine this w«ek. * fail to see why it should not do so any where in the South. My advice to the farmers to to take no man’s word for it, bat try it out for themselves as we have and I pre dict that they will have a tmi profitable surprise to store fer them. In ruertowi tot me add. that I ms I Noixe has Loon gv Beytotoa. Agricultural Barnwell County, that tho U. R. partaaont of Agr^coliere will eo 1 coat a supply of niUalo of aad farmers to ^amw ** \ The aitmte was purr I the Mar I **jetr*oe Board on tor th» authority of the Food Control Act aa a part of the program for atimutol- mg agricultural pradurtleu It wtB be unloaded at Atlantic porta and te price will be *tMfi a ton. free m i-wM rare at port of arrival Fi *** to pay to addition freight port of arrival and the Bute feH$- User tag fee. How to Obtain Nitrate. Application# fer a part of the Itt,- 000 tone of nitrate bought by te government will be from actual farmers « holders of farms for use on their and may be made through Agent H. G. Boylaton or through nap member of a local committee consist ing of W. E. Prothro. Williatou. 8. C, N. G. W. Walker, Barnwell, aad W. T. Riley, Jr., Allendale. No money will be required with the application but upon notice from the County Agent. farmers who hasu signed applications must deposit with a local bank, association, or indivhhml, designated by the Secretory of Agri culture to act as the farmers' agent for that purpose, money to cover the cost of the fertilizer except for the freight charge. After the money to transmitted to Washington the ni trate will be shipped to the fannera. If applications for the nitrate exceed the supply of about 100,000 tons the government will allot the supply em a pro rata basis among those who ap plied. Applications must be received by February 4. u u e Why He Hatee the Kaiser. My Tuesdays are meatless, My Wednesdays are wheatless, I am getting more eatless each day; My home it is heatless, . My bed it is sheetless They’ve been sent to the Y. M. C. A. The barrooms are treatless, • My coffee is sweetless, . Each day I get poorer and wiser; My stockings are feetleas, My trousers are seatless. Oh, how I do hate the kaiser.—Ex. ■r.i ~r