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« PART ONE LIBERTY BOND EDITION Barnwell People PART BOND EDmON Mu at Lika a Mambar of tha Family” VOLUME XLI. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 2STH.. lilt. NUMM IARNWELL COUNTY GOES OVER THE TOP IN DRIVE FAIRFAX IS MOVING ON AT A GRATIFYING PACE Has Exceeded Liberty Loan Allotment ^ Prosperous Barnwell County Town Has Many Advantages to Offer. by Fifteen Per Cent. Barnwell County has gone “over the^ top” in the Third Liberty Loan Drive, patriotic investor? having subscribed to $210,700 worth of bonds, or 15 per cent, more than the county’s allotment of $183,%00. Three towns, Allendale, Blackville and Williston, have gone over the top by splendid margins, while Barnwell,' Kline and Fairfax, in the order named, are still behind in their apportionments. However ^he Loan Committees are still hard at work and are confident that before the cam paign closes these towns will have taken their full apportionment—“and then some.” * w % • « The standing of the towns in the Fairfax, April 20.—Fairfax is one of the best towns in the world to live in and is growing rapidly. It is sit uated in the lower part of Barnwell County ^t the junction of the Seaboard Air Line and Charleston and Western Carolina Railways, 90 miles west of Charleston, 77 miles south of Colum bia, 65 miles north of Savannah and 58 miles east of Augusta. The sched ules maintained by the two roads are such that one may visit either of the above named cities and return the same day. There sre in the town three flowing artesian wells which supply an abundance of pure water for all purposes and at no cost to the con- AN. AMMUNITION DUMP BEHIND THE LINES AT VERDUN INSTITUTIONS OF THIS COUNTY IN GOOD ORDBR county up to Saturday night was as sunaer except cost of installing hy- W\t follows: I drants connecffftg with the mains. Allendale: Apportionment, $38,700; The town also has an up to date subscribed, $.1,960; per cent., 185; j independent telephone system with “over the top.” . | bell connection, thus reaching all Blackville: Apportionment, $30,600; pointa. An electric light plant fur- subscribed, $48,500; per cent., 168; j nishes light for the streets, business “over the top.” ^ houses and residences. This is one of Williston: Apportionment, $29,100; | the latest enterprises. ^ V v X . — r * Wto. |bscribed, $34,000; per cent., 116; rer the top M imwell Apportionment, HUM; rnbed, $37^800; per rent., 71 Kline: Apportionment, $4,800; sub- embed. $2^00; per cent, 60 Fairfax: Apportionment, $27,400; Mbernbed, $15^60, per rent., 67. There is also located within the cor porate limits a meal and grits man ufacturing plant operating a modem machine which shucks and shells com. The plant also has a machine which ! separates the meal from the grits. The i LIBERTY BOND RALLY products of this mill have taken the WAB A GREAT SUCCESS place of Western meal and grits. I - . A reserve of shells of various sisee for use of the French artillery on the Verdun front. LIBERAL DONATION MADE TO RED CROAK CHAIT&RR TRACHRRK HELD FINE MEETING ON SATURDAY DRAFT CASKS APPEALED. irO* cvm ml Appeal Agent la Required u Pursue Court. Throe efficient system ginneries here operate a total of ten 70 saw gias. The people art well cared for in business bouses, from which can be bought snything from a box of match* About $2S.ttt Subscribed at Meetiag • Stockholders of Bank af W tlem Car- F l. Lncai Boards is whs married r last l - la ail cast where y ’ > e c »er registraa since May 16, 1917, eeret hratioa In either (Tat $ or (Tat A on urmuat of snrh marrvage. the govern- meat appeal agents art repaired to appeal every snrh cat to the District Board ft review and to sscnru am for mity af act too. Under this order ah eat forty appeals were mode Mon day from Class! Acs Loos by Ltnl Board ft Barnwell County, which ap peals came before the Dmtrtct Beard Teeeday. la aa cat was the rlasai- Bcatiea lower than (Tat t. The Local Board has /net ram pi tied the re-daamhraOea of ever three hun dred married men without children, placing them in Clam t Notices to this effect have been mailed to the registrants es to aa satomomk met bonnes sIoim net that runs inti aada of dollars Th» town Haa m . One af thet bus- dot a yearly bust- hand reds of thons- ie of the best high i m the State which •rpe of sevea V each it these live churches la hodtst, Lutheran and Bnp- ) of the ministers reside In Two strong nanaa. First National, kee basinet lubricated One hotel and itisena* and »►r c.a of r ►> j fr’! privste Mr. C. J. Hay Dead. The many friends of Mr. C. J. Hay were saddened Monday to loam of his death, which occurred 'Sunday night in Charleston at the home of his sis ter, Mrs. (Tins J. Colcock Mr. Hay was 65 years of ags. About two ysars ago, while living in Barnwell, he suf fered a stroke of paralysis, from which he never fully recovered, al though at times he appeared to im prove. Several weeks ago his con ation took a turn for the worse, the Md coming Sunday night. Mr. Hay made his home in Barn well for many years and enjoyed the friendship of young and old. At one time he was magistrate here and for years served as clerk and treasurer of the town. He was active in frater nal organizations, being a member of both the Masons and the Knights of Pythias. His body was taken to his old*home at Boiling Springs Monday and laid to rest the following morning with Masonic honors, after funeral servi ces conducted by the Rev. Sam Hay at the Boiling Springs Presbyterian Church. He is survived by three brothers, Messrs. W. H., R. M. and H. C. Hay, and four sisters, Mrs. C. J. Colcock, Misses S. E. Hay, May Hay and Gertrude Hay, who have the sin cere sympathy of many friends. Bennett Springs Club. The Bennett Springs Democratic Club will meet at the Sand Hill School house on Saturday, April 27th, 1918, at 4 o’clbck p. m. to reorganize, elect an executive committeeman and dele gates to the county convention and transact any other business that may come before the meeting. All are urged to attend. J. A. Meyer, Chinn., J. J. Cochran, Sec. Card of Thaaka. Held Here Saturday* About $26,000 was auburn bod to the Third Liberty Loon at the patriotic rally hold In The (trcW iu Saturday afternoon between the heura of four and Sve e clerk, during which ! time the Swine aa people of Barnwell rteued their atoree and office* and turned out ee ma>ae Short but lo- j atrwrtjve putnutir La Ik a were mode by Mayor J. Emile Harley. Edgar a ! Brown, L*q . Dr. R. M IVteet and the Hen C. C- St name. In the order named | Throe gee* cmen urged tha people to invent their money with Uncle Sam. 1 net only hecouM the aecunty la gilt | edged, hut becauee It ie a duty that they ewe themaelvv* and to the hoya who are Sghting the bottle* of de mocracy "over there * Of eapenal ! mtenet wax the addreee by Dr. Fo- teat. who haa • non in the nervice 1 During the coune of hi* remark*, he , read excerpts from a speech by the 1 German Kaiaer and from the works ; of (German writer* to prove that this I la not a war to further the political ambition* of the crowned heads of | Europe, nor to it now a war between two oppoeing forms of government. fronts and modom .how window,. “• th * of • A thriving Red Crooe branch of the j * w » r b * ,w ** n P*rom.m and Omatl- Barnwell Chapter has been recently 1 organised. Although but a few weeks The speaker* were given the un- old, there are ndw over 130 rpember* | divided attention of their audience The ladies are doing much knitting and at the clear of their addresses, and sewing for our boys at the front, member* of the Liberty Loan Com- Although the campaign for the third mittee solicited every one present with Liberty Ix>an has just begun the com- the result stated above, mittee in charge has made splendid the iraastowt Two barber are aonveu- hoarding houevs cater to and regular boarders •hope and dental office* lastly located Thera ha* been completed this year a large brick automobile garage with ■ale* n M4n a, office and shop to the rear and two brick stores of two stor* ie* etch. There to aleo under con struction five brick stoves of two stor ies each. These will have plate glass eltoa Vote 92.6* M I At the annual meeting of the stock holder* of the Bank of Western Caro lina on April 16th a < t. .n»t».»« .»f IMmi was voted fee the Red Cruua, the amount to he divided among the vs- now* brunches, pro rata, an th* basts of snrh brunch’s deposits. It to a matter ef reugrutulattsu that BaruwsU County's two brunches of this mstttuttou wiO disburse 26 per cant, ef this fund, 6606 ta he ap portioned between the Bora well and Blackfill# •rgamtai.ors. the amount aarh la to rseelvs ii spending an the I site ef the depueHe In the roepestivs I I branches The reevt statements ef I these two branches shew that the dp- peaita to the Barnwell brunch emceed those to the Blackville branch by near ly $114,606 On the above basis the Ra mwell Cha pear's share will he •lightly larger than Blackville‘a This donation, to roanertioa with the one to he made the chapters to the county by the members ef the Local Board, will be ef untold benefit to the promo tion of this great work. The directors of the Bank ef Wee- tern Carolina, at a subsequent meet ing, voted to buy $126,000 worth of the Third Liberty Loan bonds, pro Inal Heaatoa woai Enjoyable ef to Maay Keeps eta All State Board of Charities and Come- • * lions Makes Report. The teacher* ef the Saturday in the achei the last meeting *f tl •ton. In many vuapoi most enjoyable ef a this year Dr K M F speaker ef the sccaokoo ronooo ef his splendid It was the the meetings sf Following an inspection of the Coun ty Jail and Poor Yard on April 5th ind 6th, the State Board of Charitiaa tnd Corrections has made a report ou hese institutions that is very compH- mentary to Jailer G. M. Main and Superintendent J. Allen Owens. The report shows that the jail has scored a total of 664 points out of a possible 1,000, with the Almshouse a close sec ond with 601 points. The repott» which is quite interesting, is aa fal lows: Mr. G. M. Main, jailer. Vtoitoi April 5, 1918, by Assistant Secretory Broyles. Prisoners day of inspection, 4 negro males, 3 females, of whom two men and two women wece government prisoners. One of tha ue- gro men was downstairs doing the cooking. * The average daily popula tion in this jail for tha post two and * half ysars has been 10.1. Sines our last inspection, the Com missioner* have built a for the jailer, and equipped It plate ly frith hot and cold water, and good sinks. They am l*c commended for this tm| We commend the jailer for the cleanness of th* jail and tha and far the good record* he to tog ef the prisoner* W* rsrsmmsnd that the and commissioner* a downstair*, just petalds the thf an the first Beer, and put to a | hath far the um af the muftau second Beer. The hues ef the | near the teitot fixtures rusting badly, and should st once, first being srmpi • i * afr'^.Iy I* mat end dirt. Fvwvide nu educe tar and pul** 1 well kaewu ihrsui the last ten yours reset ion* of eduenti kr spooaer become rhout (he tlalr to He spoke an the a a.f*« H • a! rate d as progress. The town was apportioned $27,400; of this amount $5,950 has been subscribed, 22 per cent, up to April 13. No lack of enthusiasm is evi denced by the committee and it is more than confident that the allotment will be oversubscribed. J. E. Johnston, county food admin istrator, has just received instructions that on and after April 20 retail deal ers are not allowed more than one cent a pound gross profit and wholesalers 25 ceqte per hundred on sugar. This rule will be rigidly enforced. In the surrounding country there are many highly improved farms that are more than self-sustaining. Be sides the thousands of bales of cotton produced on these farms, a surplus of grain is now being grown. No Wes tern corn is shipped to this place, but many carloads of grain and live stock have been shipped from here to other points within the past year. The farmers are giving more attention ^to the raising of the better breeds of hogs and cattle than was the case years ago. There are no “razor backs” to be found in these farms and scrub cows are not numerous. Labor on these farms is not so plen tiful and cheap as was the case a few years ago but no friction exists be tween the white people and negroes. Blackville la Enthuaiaslic. Blackville, April 20.—The Red Cross Auxiliary, of Blackville, is enthusias tic and is doing good work under the leadership of Mrs. Herman Brown. A surgical dressings class has been or ganized to begin work in May with Mrs. J. C. Johnson, supervisor, and Mrs. Wilson, of Allendale, instructor. The junior workers are busy on gar ments for the Belgians. An enter tainment is to be given by local talent Thursday evening, April 25th, for the benefit of the auxiliary. Blackville is pushing ahead in this great work and in the Liberty Loan, having gone over the top the first week. above, making a total in vestment to Liberty Bond* of $200,- 006. Of the amount just subscribed, Barnwell County will receive credit for 26 per cent., or $31,260, of which amount $12,500 will be credited to Blackville and $18,760 to Barnwell, swelling to a large extent the totals of these two towns. This action on the part of the directors will be com mended by all patriotic people. drees was highly enjoyed. Major Msi- 4ne, *f the U* 8- Army, who to to charge af the week being dona hers by the Engineer Corps, spoke on the vital reeponetblliUee ef school tench* ers m developing the petrtettom ef the neat gene ration He cenunendsd very highly the loyalty and patriotism af the tone hers m the pest. The meeting Snturday was mode all the more ea- joyable by the maaicaJ offerings ef HtofifiO Hoff. Maid row, and the Mtoooo Griffin. Sopt H. J. Creech called the atten tion of the teachers to the mcreaeiag shortage of teachers and the nocoooity of inducing more prospective teachers to qualify for certificates by attending the Orangeburg summer school. Spec ial inducements were offered to pros pective students. The retiring president, Mr. M. B. Self expressed his grateful apprecia tion for the many courtesies extended him by the association during this session. « lOonManod on 2» Sycamore Club. DISLOYAL OR SUSPICIOUS ACTS SHOULD BE REPORTED Intelligence Officer of Southeastern Department Explains Method. / Women Do Good Work. Ellenton, April 20.—Last Friday Congressman James F. Byrnes de livered a strong patriotic speech in Ellenton in behalf of the third Liberty Loan and Saturday the women’s com mittee, with Mrs. W. B. Turner, chairman, began the canvass for sub scriptions to the loan and succeeded in selling $7,700 in pledges, exceed ing their apportionment $1,800. Sun day night an impressive service was held ait the Christian Church here when a service flag bearing ooe star, This community is prosperous and the . , , , negroes .re .haring in it. M.ny of j for H,rold Buckir " rh,m ' W “ ******. them have substantial hank, accounts 1 • * * and not a few own automobiles. Wt wish to thank our many friends for the kindness show* us to the abort illness and death of our beloved child. Fumes, who was fatally burned ea April 4th Atoa car the beautiful | Barnwell. , May At Load Mom af thetr •“rf IA““ | J ** 1 F. < v J and family take -Dshks. Mr aad Mrs J. B. Rally at Elko. A Liberty Loan Bond Rally will be held to Elko Saturday afternoon at 4 of o’clock to connectiaa with the sf the Elko Dsmocraar dob Dr $. CKffU«. af At Uafvemity sf Si Charleston, April 19.—It has come to the notice of this office that many people fail to report suspicious and dis loyal acts or manifestations of sym pathy for the enemy, because of un certainty as to the proper official to approach. It is very important that the Gov ernment should have the assistance of all citizens in detecting enemy pro paganda or suspicious activities of individuals, and you will do a service in notifying your friends that any communication addressed to “Intelli gence Officer, Headquarters Southeastern Department, Charles ton, S. C.,” will receive attention and be transmitted to the proper official of the Government for investigation. The names of informants will not be divulged and there need be no fear, on the part of anybody, of getting in to trouble in case suspicions prove to be unfounded. Informants should indicate the na ture and source of their information, as well as the time and place. In X< iy, where no gasoline has foe many months and have practically < af* bstag cars with The Sycamore Democratic Club No. 1 will meet at Bethel on Saturday, April 27, at 2 o’clock p. m., for the purpose of reorganizing, electing del egates to the county convention and attending to such other business as may come before the club. G. W. I. Loadholt, Pres., G. W. Jenny, Sec. Red Oak Club. BIKTRXN MEN TO GO TO CAMF JACKBON FRIDAY Four is ('ample HU Cal V Btetesn physically qualified awn will he sent to Camp Jerin morrow ( Friday) Feer *t Mm In fill the please sf fsnr me were recently rejected by %hm sathenties. the ether twefvs called Ie fill Call 12B recently by the War Departmsnl In this call th# Local Board skipped warn actively engaged to farming. TMaan railed for service are aa follows: Call 74. Gen. V. Johnson, August*. Ge. John C Hoffman. BlackvOla. Miles Altman, Fairfax. E. Mayfield Grubbs, Blackville. Call 129. Isadora B. Redmond, BlackviBa. Malcolm F. Moody. ARandaM. Carl O'Connor Williams, AltoaMa. Joe Allen Mynck, Jr, Allendale. Harry D. Warren, Appleton. Thoa. Franklin Williams, Allendale. George Beard, Schoflald. Perry G. W. Sanders, Kline. Clyde Vickery, Barnwell. Cameron L. Dowling, Fairfax. Henry Brant, Ulmer. 1 James M. Kearse, Allendale. Lonnie 0. Pender, Baldock. It will he seen from the above that extra men have been called. This la done in case any o{ the registnmta are unable to report for service on ac count of sickness or other unavoidable cause. The Red Oak Democratic Club will meet Saturday, April 27th, 1918, at 4 o’clock p. m. to reorganize, and elect delegates to the county convention and transact any other business that may come before the meeting. All are urged to attend. O. C. Baxley, Pres., W. B. Parker, Sec. Hercules Club. All members of Hercules Demo cratic Club are requested to meet at usual place at 4 o’clock p. m., (new ime) Satuday, April 27th, 1918 to re organize and elect delegates to county convention. J. A. Morris, Secretary. Important to Merchants. TW attention of retail merchants to caUed to the fact that on and after April 20th retail dealers must not make a gross maximum profit to ex- ceas of cat east a pound oa sugar Wholesaler’* profit af 26 cents a bond- M. Rupert Ashley. After an illness of two weeks from pneumonia, Mr. M. Rupert Ashley, of Williston, died at the residence of hto mother last Friday. Mr. Ashley had for several months been employed to Augusta, Ga. He is a descendant on his father’s side of the Ashley and Weathersbee families, both of which are well known in Barnwell County. His mother is of a well-known Charioo ton family. He was the only child of his mother who is a widow, his father having died several years ago. TW remains were taken to Charleston for interment. . / Barnwell Club. The Barnwell Democratic Gub wUL meet in the Court House on Saturday, April 27th. at 4 o'clock for the pur pose of reorganising aad delegates to tha County Convention, which will mast at well an May 6th. aad to elect a btr ef the Adwtue i\THE PEOPLE.