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M V "Just Llks a Mambar of th« Pamlly" •VOLUME XU. BABMWELU SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH MTH, 1918. 17 MEN IN CLASS ONE . CALLED FOR SERVICE. Eight Negroes Leave Saturday Niae White Men Monday. S eventeen registrants have been ed for service by the Local Board to complete Barnwell County’s origi nal quota of 365 men in the first draft and to fill the emergency call recently made by the War Department. Of this number, eight negroes have been ordered to report Saturday and will entrain at Barnwell at 12:40 o’clock p. m. They aye as follows: Willie George, Elliott Simon Wilson, Barnwell. Marion Saxon, H^tsville. Willie Cone, Ulmer. John Williams, Barnwell. Esaw Bunyan, Williston. Charlie Salley, Branchville. * Nathan Daniels, Barnwell. The following negroes have been called as alternates, if for any reason any of the above fail to report: Green Pollock, Jr n Dunbarton. Jacob Nix, Blackvilie. Gust Moody, WiUiston. John Ashley, Blackvilie. White Mea Leave Meads7. Vbdor the recent emergency call for 95,000 men, Barnwell County's quota if nine white men and the following have been irPaced to re fer s^vlce tpril I: Clyde W. Bright. Barnwell. Angus Hayus Kemp, Blackvilie. W Cart Bet «t RECITAL GIVEN BT THE PUPILS OF MRS* MILLER Musical at Allendale Friday Night Was Greatly Enjoyed. ALLIED ARMIES SLACKEN RUSH OF HON INVADERS PROGRAMME OF BARNWRLL COUNTY S. S. CONVENTION Will Special to The People. Allendale, March 25.—The music pupils of Mrs. F. M. Miller gave their fourteenth recital in the school audi torium here Friday night, which was greatly enjoyed by a large audience. The program was as follows: Alpine Violet—Andre’—Hugh Rice, Jeannette Hasel. Playing School—Wohlfahrt—Louise Boyles, Mrs. Miller. Nina’s Walts—Wohlfahrt—Hilma Vance, Mrs. Miller. Rockaby—Bilbro—Sara Theo All. Snow-flakes Falling—Selected— Marie Miller. Robin and I—Chittenden—Virginia Miller. A Chinese Doll—Spaulding—Sura WoUT. What Grandpa Said—Spaulding— Emily Melvin. Birds’ Lullaby—Spaulding—Esther Hassl. Morning Song—Guriitt—Cecile Wolff Dream of the Past Walts—Streab- bog—Sigbert AIL Troops of Entente Prepare Terrific Counter Blow.—Ger mans Sustain Frightful Losses. Darlington Os- Meet In the Blackvilie Baptist Church Sunday, March SI. Fairy 8 Susa, BlachviBs BA Ulmer Mayer. Fairfax. Bferhvtils, have heea celled ae Dispatches from Europe received here Wednesday morning show that after six days of terrific fighting the German offensive in France is be ginning to show signs of losing its momentum. The plan of the enemy has materially slackened and the form of the dent made in the allied line west of Cambrai has begun to resemble the familiar wedge-like salient, ihstead of the broad straight forward movement of an offensive which carries all be fore it As its apex this wedge has gone be yond Albert and is to the westward of the old allied line as it stood a year ago when von Hindenburg began his M strategic retreat.'* From this point the line runs off to the northeast at a gentle angle, with the line to the south running back un til it reaches the Oiue River. British Stead Firm. In spite of the lions and terrible efforts to widen the tip of this ealieat were defseted on Tusudsy. The Brit ish lines heve stood firm Is the north forced the Gqrmans to MPUida the pah* el Official riel exer- V( Miller Wm M Terry. Bartea Chaa Otis A I. AJtsadaie Merry Bradley. MeyoeeUfte Metvta. Mrs Virginia Vi Observers at the front say that the German losses have been frightful and that the enemy has lost from 10 to 20 per cent, of his men by the most conservative estimate. Repeat von Kluck Tactics. The situation as it stands seegns to be a repetition of the dash of General von Kluck on Paris in 1914, when the German artillery and transports could not keep up with the infantry and the French were able to turn back the in- < vaders at the Marne. . While the German line of commu nications has been growing longer, the British have constantly moved nearer their base of supplies. North of the Somme battlefield there have been no engagements of signifi cance. The British troops in Pales tine have captured the village of Es- SalL Bays Thrift Stamps. Dr. J. G. Woo Icy la the second Barn well man to buy 11.000 worth of war savings certificates, he having inves ted this smeant with Unde Bern n few days age. Peetmaster Deem eeived a hurry call from the Dun- ■ton peel efflee Tuesday fur 91 jOOO ertk ef the hahy heads fur a | tetir purchaser at that pleas. The Thrill Stamp campaign among is pupils ef the teen! graded erimei 1 pragTBsmag well, ever |M werth Bring heea hsaghl hy the beys aad trie last week The feur thrift lamps etfeeud wave swarded te Mas lev Kent Best. Special to The People. Blackvilie, March 26.—The follow ing is the programme of the Barnwell County Sunday School Convention, which meets in the Baptist Church here on Sunday, March 31, at 10 o’ clock a. m.: • ' Morning Session. 10:00—Devotional. Conducted by Horace J. Crouch. 10:15—Music. 10:26—An Organisation for Ser vice. By Miss Millwee Davis, State Elementary and Rural Superintend ent. 10:56—Personal Experiences in the Organised Sunday School Work. By E. M. Peeples, President Hampton County Association. 11:26—Music. 11:30—Service for All and by AIL By R. D. Webb, State General Secre tary. 12:00—Appointment of Committees. Adjournment Af 3 00—Devotional. Conducted by W H. Hutto. < 1:16—The Call of the Sunday School to the Kissionary Talk. By E. M. D. Program. By BARNWELL STIRRED BY NEWS OF GREAT BATTLE Crowds Eagerly Awaited Arrival if Bulletins From the Fiat Not in years ha v e the people ef Barnwell been so stirred as they have been for the past few days ever the news of the great conflict that Is ha ng waged “over there." With the fate of nations and their poputatte— of millions hanging on the result of the battle, interest in the ebb and Boor of the tide as told by the and telephone bulletins was at 1 heat, and amateur strategists splendid opportunities to display prowess. So intense was the interest that at least one party of men went up to Columbia tu aa mobile Sunday to read the war tins aa they were received at the newspaper offices. Those wh mained at home had to selves with calling the flees 00 the long distxnei two or three hours ft sUtementa of the The Sunday morning and news was not verj about 10:30 o'clock Elver. in the lie the MU Mrs. A ONLY • MSN REIETTED BT LOCAL BOARD LAST Wi Frees—Cufuiyu • fid—The II 'Utlj r\*« Uy fee Vlvte One Mem rwgioMwu Bahueu—Wy ) a* weedfand Berime Orfs Lrsjta Aedvey Jeeee Five! Vales Kittm AugWf Sellar Bey* Ghristme BaM Ihsae I aad Alptee Clew Heegeriee C sec art Pelke- Atfody —Mrs. Fulmar. Mrs. MUftrr Soldiers' March from Fleet Gee- eed—Mrs Miller. Mrs. Fulmer I red and Stiff ef the 1?V 1 euemteod by the Lose! Thavndoy were MM fee Itery service. Irmgffl’ the tote! hi Ciees One whs have peered the phymreJ rismieeOee euereesfulty te MS Eight men were re juried es be leg uedt fee esy mthtery service whet• ever eed tee doubtful ceees wert re ferred te the medkeJ edv terry beerd This brings the tetel it ember ef mee rejected by the LeceJ Beerd te S3, while about Tfi bees bees referred te the edeisery beerd for farther eiem leetioe The rbeecei ere thel many ef these will alee be turned down es unfit Twenty-one men failed to ep peer far examination Thursday and they haee been reported to Sheriff Mema, who is making every effort ' to locate them If be is unsuccessful, • their names will be reported to the SifKar in charge of the draft in this ite for action by the government in ties. The examination of sev- I eral others who were called for the 21st were transferred to other boards »» 93 the method of trans- and so far no report has been received * Panting their tomato plants and to by the Barnwell board. j the method of spraying to prevent The Local Board will practically di**®** *nd insect pests. Directions finish the examination of all Class for *1* to be found in Govem- s—Hilda I ****» tervum whftefc I feuded hy eeu Hi r—l^lV I «€W««I rafMI 9 I eerisc la vuhmAeee fra Flei- Dwrmatd etuudpemt aad that iM i puM a lervibli prise fee their 1 tu the hues eetahtoahed hy the alius f during the first turn years ef Utt war High 141 officially rapsrtad that TU Gar CarulveL •Adjeurumeui. m+r by lha Elba. Hmltug Springs, and Black rips Chat re This la an Inter-Dunemmntleaul n era m riled at • far the Thnfe wtB vul at the tews hall m the evening ef Friday fl.fio Twe pnme am end the ether far the fives far the curst AMERICANS ttL’ST DiTT. BATS April fith, at 1 far the girls Mya wtB M that beet rap- • LONG BRANCH FM1UJBOFBY • • • • • • • • • • • M per ri ef the man dtviae tihse part in the fight mg nfeent I came a chnrarier. Admieaiau I# B vary had y veL Werk. Afcal* VriOhoi • ••••••••••••••as The following Home Deatonstration clubs will be held during the first week in April: Hilda—Wednesday, April 3rd. Pleasant Hill—Thursday, April 4th. The attention of the canning club One registrants today (Thursday), about 275 having been notified to ap pear. It is thought that there will be between 600 and 700 physically quali fied men in Class One. Meeting of Camp Morrall, U. C. V. The twenty-seventh annual meeting of the survivors, of Camp Morrall, U. C. V., will be held in the school build ing at Meyer's Mill-on Friday the 5th day of April at 11 o’clock, sharp. The Hon. Charles Carroll Simms will deliver the oration for the occasion. At the same time and place the mem bers of Camp B. B. Kirkland, sons of veterans will meet The ladies are es pecially invited to suppliment the at tendance with their presence and the usual basket of dainties. All the veterans of the county are urged to be present on this occassion. The musical feature, we think will be as meritorious as heretofore. J. Staff Halford, Commander. J. A. Meyer, Adjutant ment letters mailed to each canning club girl this week. Poultry club members are urged to get their chickens all hatched off just as early as possible and when the chickens do come off to keep the moth er hen confined at least 4 weeks in^a good roomy coop. Clifford Barratt, Eloise Cave, Home Dem. Agts. Stores to Close at 6:30. ♦ w Card of Thaaks. Wo wish to thank our many friends fur the kindness shown uo in the IB- num and death of our father, Mr. F. R Owoua. of Boldork May tho J- C We, the undersigned merchants, of the town of Barnwell, hereby agree to close our stores at 6:30 o'clock p. m., commencing the 15th day of April, j 1918 for the purpose of allowing the clerks in our respective stores to plant and cultivate war gardens for the ben efit of themselves and to kelp our country with the food problem. ^ J. A. Porter. Lemon Bros, Inc. J. G. Moody, Jr. A. Golinsky. B. Mazursky. L. Cohen. F. W. Falkenstein. - Miss Carrie Cave. Farmers Union Mercantile Co. S. B. Moseley. C F. Molair. J. R Black 4 Bro J. M RED CROSS -|- DEPARTMENT BABNWKLL COUNTY CHAPTER. AMERICAN RKD CROSS. BWAR A. BROWN. Chm’aT MK> w M \M»KFH S. \ c h. MRS G. M. GREENE Sec. P. M. BUCKINGHAM. Trees. We feel all puffed up over the ad vent into our Chapter of eighty-two members from Fairfax, S. C.,. with the possibility of numbers of others coming in st sn early date. We were called upon to go to Fairfax and assist in organising a Branch of our Chap- , ter at that point and the following at- , tended this meeting: Meadames Lena • Davies, P. J. Drew, W. T. Aycock, G. M. Greene, P. M. Buckingham, Charlie Brown, Misses Harriett and Gertrude Holmes, Pauline Richardson, and Mr. L. P. Wilson. Quite a large crowd at tended this meeting and great enthus iasm was displayed. If you should meet a citizen from the Fairfax com munity now and fail to gee that Red Cross button on the lapel of his coat you may rest assured that he has LOST his button, for they are ALL members. On last Friday afternoon Rev. and Mrs. Grosclpse, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Young, Mrs. Johnston, Misses Durant, Stansell, Epting and Mr. O’Neal vis ited our Work Boom and seemed very enthusiastic over the work which they are now undertaking. From the amount of material carried away by these good ladies we feel sure that they intend to outstrip the mother- Chapter. At any rate there will be one thing the ladies of .this Branch will not be guilty of and that is wast ing time, energy, money or material. We expect great things from that cor ner of our old county. I have received requests from Mar- ^tins and Baldock during the past week asking for instructions as to ths or ganisation of Junior Auxiliaries. That I feel that if Mrs. Lena Davies, our efficient Chairman of Supply Committee, left few days ago since for Goldsboro, N. C., where she has gone on sn ex tended visit to friends. We feel like ship without s rudder now thst she is no longer with us and shall anxious ly await her return. We have also lost a splendid worker in Mrs. W. M. An drews, through whose efforts our Red Cross Chapter was organized at this place, she having moved to her old home, Augusta, Ga. Our good wishes follow her. We have so many good ladies in our town who could be of great assistance to us in the Work Room and yet when one approaches such an one and asks for just one hour per day or week they tell you, we have our hands full at home, no time to do outside work, ask some of those ladies who stroll _ * the streets to help, v/ny not interest them ? Now, suppose some one called you a slacker. It would make You pretty mad, wouldn’t it? You would be ready to fight. But, to come down to the truth of the business, what are you really doing to help win the war? I can see you now swell with pride and say, ( am helping to conserve food, I am knitting for the soldiers and am willing to assist my govern ment in any way possible. And you really believe that you are doing your full duty. But listen, how about going up to our Work Room some of these fine mornings and saying to those no ble women on duty there, let me re lieve you for an hour? Try it ladies, and see how glad you will make tjie hearts of these woman who have giv- Will » tag mei omr reads we imaisgtaB weald them leek lihe Mem §L mayha the neat it if It deaf wiadle dewa ssum before the powers that he takes a no lo let It loose, it takes five figures hsngtag to the bach of many machines to toll the number , aad we have made rough estimate (not being much ef an expert at actual Agureiagl that the other 20 per ct would compare fa vorably with Presidoat Wilson* Sal ary not counting any speck that a fel low would stand a chance to get in middlemens profits or Speculation or graft in legitimate financing or what ever name a Business man might call, but if everybody else la Satisfied with it why should we complain out here in the fork of two rwamps with our knowledge very limited on most things except to know when Sunday comes and how to plow tie out cows and how to keep from being setting hen pecked Ac. if we have made any blunders about the little finantial affair men tioned above and that all things are working together for good to them that fail to understand properly, why we will Just back down and out by hitting another subject next time. Riah Mas. DIES IN ALABAMA. Brother of Mrs. W. F. Syphrett, of Donora, Passed Away March 17. Donors, March 23.—Mrs. W. F. Syphrett, of Donora, received a mes sage Sunday night, the 17th inat, tell ing her of the death of her brother, Carl Love Clinton, which occurred on the afternoon of that day at Sheffield, Ala., after a week’s illness from pneu monia. He was about 24 years of age and unmarried. Being of a bright, sunny disposi tion, Mr. Clinton made friends wher ever he went, both younp and old. He volunteered for the army last June but was rejected. Later he was draft ed and sent to Camp Jackson, where he again failed to past the physical examhmtiou and was At the tame ef his war aria*Man makes R hit duty aad da it," David R. chairman ef the South cil ef Defease, hai te the chairmea af the comity cils urging the organ!satieu af cits in every community and < a program of activities foe two weeks. M Unless year c completely covered by local please organise them at once," saya the letter. These are necessary te fe- •ure the cooperation of the ciUaemk The program of activities for this week includes stressing upon ths pub lic the necessity of making their fed eral income tax returns, explaining the daylight saving lawwhich becomaa effective March 31st, and the rarcce sity of conforming to the new Bchsd- ule; pushing the sale of War Saving Stamps, and urging upon the farmers the necessity of planting more food stuffs. j “The food situation is increasingly serious,” says Mr. Coker in his letter. “High cotton must not prevent a fsE food acreage.” the city, with which church he affilia ted in early boyhood. He is survived by his parents, Mr.~ and Mrs. J. J. Clinton, of Chester, and the following brothers and sisters: Messrs, J. Mar- chall, Henry and Earle Clinton; ICaa- es Mamie Lee and Leila Clinton, and Mrs. J. C. Simpson, all of Chester; Mrs. E. F. Turner, of Johnston, and Mrs. W. F. Syphrett, of Donora, who have the heartfelt sympathy of scores of friends throughout the State. Dr. Wyman in France. News has been received in Columbia of the safe arrival of Hr. H. Marion Wyman in France*. Dr. Wyman, who waa one of the first Columbia physi cians to volunteer for the army ser vice, waa trasfenred from the ambu lance corps to which he was first si te the base hospital in to ths whkh he it now serving hi