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The Barnwell People “Just Like a'Membc-r of the Family" ^VOLUME XLI. * fe . v* • . , J 1 . ■ BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31ST, 1918. - . *' ’ NUMBER ^ # J! QUESTIONNAIRES OF MANY NOT SUBMITTED Complete List of Those Not Returned Published Today. MANY NOT DELIVERED Delinquents Will Be Allowed to Sub- mit Claims if Failure to Comply * Was Not Wilful. The Local Board for Barnwell Coun ty has made public the names of the registrants who failed to submit ques tionnaires in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Selective Service Act, and in order that these men may be (riven final opportunity to make their claims for deferred classification the complete list is pub lished in this issue of The People. The friends of the registrants are request ed to read the names over carefully and if they know the present where: >uts of any of the men to advise K him of the fart that if they can prove tat their failure to submit a ques- BARNWELL COUNTY NEGRO GIVES LIFE FOR COUNTRY Private W'esley Smalls, of Baldock, Died in France Last Week. The first Barnwell County soldier to die on French soil in the great bat tle to “make the world safe for de mocracy” was Private Wesley Smalls, of the National Army. Private Smalls, a negro, whose home was Bal dock, was one of the first contingent of negroes sent to Camp Jackson by the Local Board on October 5th. He made no claim for discharge before the Board, but on the other hand ex- i pressed himself as being ready and willing to go. His order number was J 74. The dispatch from General Persh ing telling of the death of Private Smalls contained no information oth er than that he died as the result of his skull being crushed. The death of this soldier, humble though he may > be, brings home to the people of the county the fact that America is at 1 a week. »nnaire was r ^adr the draft allowed to Ale classiAraUon also appreciate the present men Fab I a wilful attempt to I war law, they will still be I _____ win war HON. GEORGE H. BATES PASSES TO HIS REWARD KAISER IS REFERRED TO AS GERMANY’S HANGMAN Political Pot Boiling Furiously in Aus* tria and Germany. deferred a claim T The Local Board any information Iresses of any of \h***•* I will I a * to t au< Dan Brown, Allendale. fHve Henry Rich* aces a naan a misdemeai | wntmon Williams. Ulmer, I Jacobs. Barnwell •. Btctts s ( umm V I u ARMY IN.FRANCE WILL SOON NUMBER 500,000 VI is. All ley. IL MOW • r* *le f* r ■aW •S AH) aom. a. 41 ark >1*W failed • re a a • r peiiee i maty, ant arrest thi before 1*% Ih.a I deai res to a by tbe prepared I • A* ► f the l le| gl Jo w Al U I ur tly c Ulm* * » • w . of f Rhoada, r, Daneea mr, Millet ams, Meyi ■dMarhv Pe tetaey of ^ ar \nsoers tbasaber* Iain’s t bargee CRITICS ARE IMPRESSED Mr Bober. In Mooring Before hennto MiBtory I'nmmMtoo. Bertie* Mary of Arblesesaent Waalungton. Jan IB — Amorvra will have aa army of half a anBien mea m France early tb«* year with a attllion more trained and e«|a j^*l ready to follow os qawhly as ships can bo pew* vtdod to carry them and the owtioeb ' for shins la not ooproosiamg 1 I l \ M> J V < K \ t.servbMo Meld In Their lton< Mnmnggn Logim € hopter A .e e \ r be viompton • hold appro mw hail Jan* •Na » < was Mr. song . Hfl Chart ’fa e earned iMbhle 1 M amemry of R t E Lae •EkCW all Jarksi Ml Tbs metreai All fatty dm psd b Begs agaia aa of baa* «# m eve | »revealed ■ their l The fs • Mg pr rmivi * «#rw 1 lav s' lea. the Eev that of tbs M etha • ! •! Cberrb; ache aghtera, * ’Am mfesa; vtatta ^svol m Dothss me; rsas. the (*erw I it bble; ran m. Miss that 1 London, Jan. 28.—A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Amster dam says that the Deutsche Tages Zeitung openly calls on the German people to revolt against the present regime. “We, too, “says this Pan-German organ, “have a Judas among us today. He appears in the red coat and mantle of Germany’s hangman. Who will save Germany from these traitors but the German people? It is now ’Ger mans help yourselves and God will help you.*" Although Emperor William ia not namad in the article, the expression “Germany’s hangman” is meant for the kaiser, says the correspondent. While the military operations on the various fronts continue at low ebb, the political pats still boil furiously in Austria-Hungary and Germany, in both of which countries there have been new outbreaks among the popu lace because of economic and food con* d it ions resulting from the war blit ion the eastern provinces of I are witnessing a revolution, ng to unoffieiaT dispatches with aaian K'-d Guard ia battle with •trhrs from Bwitaertaad are to stt that th*rr hot iwon tenons to Bohemia, owing to a short- dour rat Iona, strong measures P»»f»«* botiig required to dts- the audio, which smashed shop r% * * *. i'- irfT i stereo 1 ike- peeve egthpsaks ore repeated m sduatnal regions In Bhomsh i. e be •*- tn^fpo hod to bo called deni with the dm sattsfUd pope hg Mm Beloved Citizen Answered Last Call Wednesday. WAS BELOVED BY MANY Body Laid to Rest With Masonic Hon ors Thursday Afternoon in Pres ence of Large Concourse. Ii The Hon. George H. Bates, lawyer, ex-State Senator and Christian gen tleman, died at his home here on Wed nesday afternoon of last weex after an illness of only two weeks, in Urn 65th year of his age. This announce ment will bring sorrow to hundreds of homes, not only in Barnwell Coun ty but throughout the State. It eras not knoam that he was seriously ill and the news of his death came as a great shock to his friends, casting a pall of gloom over the entire munity. « Capt. Bates eras bom at U| Three Runs on ths edge of what ia now Aiken County, July 27th, 1864, he mg a son of the' late William T. I Bates, who died ia the service of the CmMmwt •( GtwmWto N C. aa I May 12, IMt. Tbaa at tka aa* of It he. the eldest of Ave fl ’ was left aa orphan, his a I died four years poor to the death of hie father As a hoy m hit fether’s farm, he had daily taehe la 4a la hoe ing ram. rotten, etc. and he waa 1 went te my: *1 always went la wuvh 1 aa early as poaaible te gala ume far reading " He gamed aa education by attending reunify wheels a few months al a tune and InMr had * years al Richland Academy Me wt unable la cueanmnd the aseney far college mores, the dtaantoms f the W sr Betwoea the States 4 mg amde M diRicult la nereeeanrs uf ! fr made (facets is Mr > Ou Mi W H. Mines. 1 Hoclrvttta. thw rslary Baker i pee this M I V S. inform*- 1 _ James Breason. Meyer's Mill ! Uea te the natiea aa id to the i vorid to* | T* John Stallings. Dwakartoa day Ml a Stolemrnt before th i Senate RT .Hie Cave, B am well Military Committee baring much that ** Isom ('baritoa. Barnwell. until mom has been carefully guarded 1 David Bargees. Allendale with the army’s m Warren Duahar >, Dunbarton answering charges that the govern* thi Hoi W bildrr •my, \ i wani Ik* mb 1$ pvaaenlatma of creee- I Johns, sang. “Ihsie,** id Daughters Mrs W. president, presided and formation on the work Paa-GermaaisU persona vda are nppunlng. g| tim* contmwe enheKr^i m ^ I VH A remarkable atteranre ia *7 the Paa-Oarama Deat- Zeituag wwkk calls far a a gainst the prseeat regime ia Announcement te made unt eon Hertlmg. the imperial in rhanceilor. shortly will make further statement regarding the gtan questions, odeniig poaitive suggestions and proposals Nowhere on any of the fronts have the infan try operations risen above patrol encounters and trench raiding lb rti*n Mini e e Uslel. Appislen iBemwU. 1 n Dunbar. Dunbarton. Jesse Johnson. Allendale. Press Hams, Williston tchaingangl Jesse McSwain Halford, Blackville. Wyman Williams, Appleton Car>* Allen, Allendale, R. V. D. 1. Jerry Smith, Barnwell. Robt. Scrivens, Allendale, rfd 2. John W. Dickerson, Fairfax. Clinton Williams, Barnwell. Percy Williams, Dunbarton. Utaey Allen, Blackville. Whitney Brown, Blackville. Minor F. Baugh, Martin. Ham Ruth, Williston. Robt. Bradford, Blackville. James Knight, Dunbarton. Herbert Williams, Martin. Henry Gillerson, Allendale, rfd 1. Warren Wright, Allendale. Alexander Williams, Kline. Thadous Brothers, Fairfax. Philip Odom, Blackville, rfd. David Jamison, Martin. Willie Ray, Allendale. John Stokes, Donora. Amos Dickerson, Ulmer. Mike Jackson, Chain Gang, No. 3. Jacob Elkin, Allendale. Thomas Kirby, Kline. Jas. Monroe Harley, Appleton. * Elijah Charlton, Barnwell. ' Jesse Ashley, Ellenton. Carroll R. Best, Allendale. Joseph Graham, Chain Gang No. 3. Benj. Gantt, Dunbarton. Robt. L. Hickson, Dunbarton. . - Samuel R. Jackson, Milletteville. Marion Johnson, -Ulmer. , Lucius Hismith, Dunbarton. George Selling, Fairfax. ^\Jke Teid^MA, Hattieville. Jdhn N. Loadholt, Fairfax. John s 'Qanicls, Barnwell. Norman A^avt, Baldock. Richard Caihqali, Meyer’s Mill. Abraham WhitvM. Baldock. Joah Brvwm, Fa.rfhM ’ Jamas Bcourn, AUet^fhir Fmaausl Gaigar, Allsmmla f admit W nh agiaa. -v- J m Ahcaaadar, H*'.*>« • rfd. John Gill, Cavo. Columbus Smith, Dual Mtbo Beaufnrtt.' PairfaT" Abraham Cresell, Ra mwell Howard Rolling, Baldock. Robert. Bowings, Bnldock. Dennis Holly, Meyer’s Mill. Marion Williams, Martin. Kendrick Williams, Barnwell. Bob Trottie, Dunbarton. Abraham Meyers, Barnwell. Sam Jenkins, Allendale. Orrell Hagood, Baldock. Pelder Bradley, Allendale. Joe McBurnett, Williston. John Johnson, Kline. Generette Williams, Kline. Lucius Carter, Blackville. Charlie Smoak, Allendale. Charlie Taylor, Sycamore. Morros Simons, Barnwell. Linwood Furse, Martins. Clifford Grayson, Allendale. Lucius Muns, Branchville. Henry Meyers, Barnwell. Rufus Washington, Blackville. Joe Williams, Martin. David Meyers, Barnwell. Robert Cooper, Blackville. . James Kelly, Allendale. James Adams, Allendale. Ben Walker, Dunbarton. Professor Wright, Cave. Eddie L. Bradley, Allendale, rfd 1. Benj. Goodwine, Cham gang No. 3. Bill Corley, Blackville. • Walter Plants, Allendale. Philip Odom, Meyer's Mill. Robt. Demmons, Blackville rfd. Anderson Hay, Cave. John R. Holman, New'arjk, Del. Henry Stroman, chain gang No. 3. Govan Vance, Blackville. Sam Hay, Martin. George Twiggs, Ellenton, rH Josey Carter, Bamw'ell. Isear Fields, Allendale. ' John Williams, Allendale, rfd I. Ben. Gibbs, Allendale. HoUy Ellison. Ulmer Randall Williams. Barnwell. Je**e Stallings, WiOistoa. rfd 2. Allendale ■sent had broken down in preparation for war I rom gr for 1 term ton the secretary addressed the committee and a crowd including > many members of both houses of con- > gress gathered in a big hearing room I of the Senate office building. He spoke extemperaneously beginning. | with details of the rvimmoth task of { building an army of a million and a 1 helf, answering such complaints of i inefficiency as were cited by Senator j Chamberlain jn his recent speech and declaring that such instances were isolated and not general. Some ques tions were aske«l and Mr. Baker from time to time had assistants to the telephone for reports on specific ques tions. Then toward close of the day the secretary delivered a dramatic gen eral statement of the American w T ar plan, telling the coming of the allied missions, of the day and night con ferences with men from the scene of the battle in which the plans now be ing executed were adopted and of suc cess beyond the most sanguine expec tations in building the army and its in dustrial support at home, transport ing men across the ocean, construct ing railroads in France and preparing to strike the enemy with every re source at the country’s command. When Mr. Baker closed it was ap parent h,e had created a profound im pression. Chairman Chamberlain said so before he left the stand. There was no attempt at cross examination. The chairman prpposed that the sec retary be given a zest and it virtually was agreed to call him for further ex amination later after the committee has completed its hearing* of officers of the medical corps, aviation section snd other branches of the servica. While many things disclosed im pressed. the committee was frankly amazed when bold that the men of thirty-two, National Guard und Na* Uonial Army divisional camps randy te gn today nr at need Am mt in not been Baker tpol litary men id quoted C tea • adva given pwbtteity e of the relot to reveal their erman remarks icement of her cosmxucD on Firm page) war p about prepa Emphasizing that he was not there to defend himself or anybody else, the rotary uncoil the committee again and again to lay )>are any shortcom ing or failure of the dcfmrtment that it might bo corrected. Frequently he paused to seek stronger language to describe the devotion of his associates in the department, military and civil ian. “For one reason or another,” he said, “the impression had gone out into the country, to some extent at least, that the war department had fallen down. “It would be a tragical thing if this tremendous effort, this wholly unpre cedented sacrifice made by men, were in fact to turn out to deserve the comment that it had fallen down.” Never in the history pf time, he de clared, had any army of its size been raised, trained and prepared for bat tle as had that of the United States. Mr. Baker took personal responsi bility for getting men unde^ training before the equipment was ready* “to the last shoe button.” Such officers as Major General Leonard Wood, he said, had urged this policy. He de scribed conferences that evolved the ordnance program and its fulfilment, submitting documents to prove that France and Great Britain were sup plying artillery and machine guns for the first forces at their own urgent re quest in order that ships might be used for other purposes. In all that was done prior to the de parture of the first troops General Pershing shares in the deliberations and approves the decisions reached, Mr. Baker jiuL-afid now surrounded with a staff of trained regular offi- ' errs, who would ill be spared from the great task at home, Pershing ia ia France as the “eyes of the army." H manewvree. The artillery duels between British and Germans on the French northern front are severe on several sectors and in the hill region of the Italian front the big guns of the belligerents again are engaged. Several success ful raids have been carried out by the French troops against the Germans in the Champagne ami St. Miehill sectors of the French front. In both the French and Italian thea ters the allied and enemy aviators daily are indulging in extensive fight ing in the air. There also has been considerable bombing by allied air men on German positions behirtU the fighting line and also over the Ger man line. Four American aviators aided a French flying squadron in a daylight raid over Germany, all the fliers returning safely to their bases. farm until be wwe y«ar» of ago, with the otceyftau uf fiv* mouths hi IMfct. duftug time he taught school, and « Ume hi MMtt. whoa he koqt e store, which allowed him mow Ume for reading and prsperlag hlametf far admission to the bar. While be wwe working so the farm and before bio ammage, be bad bogus fee rend lew under the direction of the late John W Holmes, afterward The Barnwell People He gave the credit for the lorrtaa he ew- joyed in his professional career te the wishes and steady encoui Cotton Ginnings. There w’ere 55,Q99 bales of cotton ginned in Barnwell County of the 1917 crop as compared with 42,203 bales of the previous year. The total for the State is 1,145,946 bales in 1917 and 922,152 bales in 1916. ‘what is going on at the fighting fronts. Tables were cited to show that over crowding in the camps and canton ments had not been general and that the sickness had come mostly in tfoe camps where medical opinion had agreed it was least expected. The history of the development and build ing of the cantonments was given in detail to show that every precaution possible had been take** * Analyzing the efforts of the ord nance bureau, the secretary said that General Crosier had urged for years a greater artillery preparation; that he least had realised the Ui making required But even “with the «A*my at his wife, who prevailed upon him until.ue hn legal studies against I protest of all bis rel stives and own determination to abandon tbs law. On Feb 28th, 1878. he was married to Miss Elisabeth Burch halter at Ai ken. In 1886 he formed a law part nership with the late Mr. Isaac M. Hutson they practicing law under the firm name of Hutson and Bates until the death of the Senior member ia 1888. Mr. Bates then formed a part nership with the Hon. Chas. Carroll Simms, of Barnwell, which firm has enjoyed a large practice in the courts of this State. Captain, Bates, was not a politician in the commonly accepted meaning of that term and allowed himself to be a candidate for office but twice. He was elected a member of the state constitutional convention in 1895 and took an active and helpful part in work of that convention. In 1886 be was elected one of the trustees of the Barnwell graded schools, being made chairman of the board in November 1890. He was continued in that posi tion notwithstanding .repeated re quests to be excused from further duty until he resigned in Jan. 1905, te enter upon his duties in the state sen ate, to which body he was elected the previous fall. He was a member of the county board of education from Dec. 1893 until he resigned ; n 1395. In early life Captain Bates affiliated with the Methodist Church and was a consistent arid active member r*;* to the time of his death. He took a pi em inent part in church affairs, being a delegate on several occasions to the general conference. In 1901 he was made a member of the board of trus tees of the South Carolina College at Columbia and at the time of his death was chairman of the board of trus tees of the local schools, which institu tion stands as a monument to his seal and interest w tease what why sack f Among social fraternities bo was a IIsssb. a Knight stApNdaa mi a Woodama sf ths Wortf $ r— sssE ■ CONTINUED ON fOOTTH