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Barnwell People VOL. XLIf. M Jus»t Like- a Member of fh^ Family” BARNWELL SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY*' OCTOBER 10, 1910. NUMBER 5. PUBLIC GATHERINGS MANY QUESTIONNAIRES COUNTY OF BARNWELL CORRESPONDENT TELLS ^ PETIT JURORS DRAWN GIVE THE BOYS WEAPONS *~ARE NOW' PROHIBITED ‘ HAVE NOT BEEN FILED ' WANTS TO LEAD AGAIN OF BOLL WEEVIL HAVOC FOR OCTOBER COURT . TO DRIVE BCCK THE HUN Sheriff J. B. Morris Received Instruc tions Monday Night. All Delinquent Registrants Will Be Mrs. O. Slatter Spoke in County One Farmer Made Three Bales off of Court Will Convene Monday Unless Barnwell's Liberty Loan Quota WIR Reported Next Monday. All schools, churches, picture shows , About sixty men who registered for and other places, of public gathering military service on September 12th aimwell County^ iwere ordered have failed to file their questionnaires closed by the State Board of Health with the Local Board for Barnwell .Monday afternoon, the following tele- ; County. Some of the questionnaires .gram from J.ames A. Hayn^, sqcre- have been returned to the Board un- tary of the board, having been re- ' delivered, but the majority has evi- ceived by Sheriff J. B. Morris late dently been received but for various Three Times October 2nd. One Hundred Acres. Spanish Influenza Prevents. Give Soldiers 5,248 Rifles. that evening: reasons have not been*filed. This is “Under authority of paragraph a ver y important matter, as failure 1613, South Carolina code, you are hereby directed to close all schools and .other institutions of learning, church es, picture shows, and all other places of public gathering in your county. * See that there is no crowding in stores and public conveyances.” This action on the part of the health authorities is an effort to check the further spread of influenza in the State, similar telegrams having been sent to all Sheriffs and Mayors throughout South Carolina. Secretary Hayne has telegraphed Surgeon General Rupert Blue, United States public Health service, asking whether or not he wants the doting nil# to apply to open air gatherings hrl-i for the purpooe of stirring up inter sot In the Fourth Liberty Loan I drive Pvopte baa rseotved tbe fellow • lag letter frvai fleeeetary Hayae t The Rtolo B«ufd af Health pty mg ■mitral fehef ■unnmo an the fhate * •/ t* * • # | » s tup. haao rmn- I ore amot to file a questionnaire deprives the registrant of valuable rights, among them being claims for deferred clas sification. All delinquents will be reported to State headquarters next Monday, but in order to give every registrant due notice. The People has been requested to publish the list of those who have not yet complied with the law. The readers of this paper are asked there fore, to read the following list and in form the registrants in their imme diate neighborhoods that they will he classed as delinquents and later aa deserters unless they file their ques tionnaires with the Local Board at aace: Eddie Warner. Ulmer, rfd John Henry Briggs, dent Henry Brant. Ulmer Arthur Wittaanm. A BendaW. rfd Manet Jonh mo. Fniefes Rwberd ftepp. Jr . Dunbarton, rt rfd 1 Mss. 0. L. Slatter, the State organ- ’ The People received a letter Tuej- i Th e October term of court will con- The American soldier swears by his izer of the women’s committee in the day afternoon from Mr. A. T. Wood- i vene at Barnwell Monday morning un- rifle. Machine guns are powerful Fourth Liberty Loan drive, spoke in ward, formerly of Barnwell but now j e8S j t \ s thought advisable to call off weapons, hand grenades and trench Barnwell three times on October 2. one of the leading lawyers of Valdos- The afternoon meeting was held in the ta, Ga., in which he notes with regret Court House with a large audience, the appearance of the boll weevil in the term at this time on account of bombs may be handy at times, but the epidemic of Spanishdnfluenza that J when it comes right down to real sure- is sweeping over the country. Sheriff enough fighting in the open, where thu The meeting had been widely adver- ( Barnwell County and tells of the great j B Morris was endeavoring to get enemy can be seen, give the doughboy tised and the women and men from damage wrought by the pest iruhis into : communication with Solicitor a rifle every time. The ease witk all over the county were present. The adopted State. He writes as follows: chairman, Miss Clifford Barratt, who j “I am very sorry to see that the is so much belove<La^ the county dem- i boll weevil has made its appearance onstrator, presided at the meeting. The veterans present were asked at the conclusion of the speech by Mrs. Slatter lo give a “rebel yell, for the Barnwell County boys who are now showing much bravery on the Hinden- burg line. All the women joined in. It was inspiring. Xfter the meeting the men's com mittee waited on Mrs. Slatter and pre sented her with a $50 bond as a token of the appreciation for the enthusiasm that she had aroused in Barnwell County. In the evening Misa Barratt and Mrs Slatter drove 10 miles to-Syca more. where a big meeting hod been culled to discuss a community fair Mrs Slatter mode a shaft talk hi be half of the haud iseue Keroovlt Ceuaty lad the State hi the Thifd Arise ood from the s^lewdtd erg ass tot Ism that they have there. peesraf egi am m^aeoh wotsso sa « The oatm •YUame to I *Tua eta % ♦ • « k.M* * P ♦ mBoaaaa •sh the \ t Seota I *ce V *— ABmet (Sadia i laml Pmnrto Bam MarSii V«emae p. iaai thaamem. a Pewrfh !hr in your county. They are going to be a ‘great pest to your people more so than you think for until you realize the damage they will do. A man here planted 100 acres in long'cotton this year, his place lying between two of my farms, and he told me the other day that he would not make more than 3 bales off of the 100 acres, when he ought to have made 60 or 70 bales. There is no device that the Govern- | ment has yet been able to And that will get rid of these pests. Your peo ple may he able to make a fairly good crop, aa you plant the short cotton. Some af our farmers here will make about a fourth of a crop of short out- | tea because it matures surly Year 1 people are gumg ta think that they will mat r a good crop until Mmre comes a wet apeB Ml Augwst aad m toe daft sod eights the weevfls util •at up every thieg and there will be am mere bioemMi The-y sni halt# here as t g as a gwsane egg Gunter Tuesday in regard to the sit- which he can pot a leaping Boche at uation, as a telegram had been re- a hundred yards has amazed the sol- ceived from the Board of Health the diers of the French and British ar- previous day to close all schools, mov- mies Give Our Boys time, and rifles enough and they will drive straight through to Berlin. The boys will da the shooting, but it is up to those ing picture theatres, etc., for the pres ent. Petit jurors have been drawn for the two weeks, as follows: First Week Jurors. Allendale—A. T. Allen, J. J* Thom- stay at home to provide the riflm. as, N. E. Priester. D. R. Cloy, H. H. BARNWELL must provide its shaiw Craddock, R K. Fennell, J. H. War- and it will do it by subscribing Ha ren quota and more of the fourth Liberty Baldock O. R Platts. 1 loan. Do you koow what BARNWELL Barnwell—H. W. Sanders. W. H. will he doing if it suDKribes only Urn Cave. F. L. Hair, L W\ WesthersbeeJ minimum quota of $131,200 that has Fred Grubbs been allotted to this city? it will ha Bennett Springs—G. W. Johnson. 1 putting rifles in the hands of 6141 off Blackville—W H Hartsog. H D Still. S G. Still. John O'Gorman, W P Still. Ed Wade* C. C. Stome Bull Pond E W Brunson George's Creek —G J Fail Great Cypreus, B W, Harnosn. M E PWtiro. James Diamond Rjrt tgmd- T, W. OWHb W» li the boys who art offering their lieea ta the cause of their country. Each used by the American soldiers the gevemsseot $25 Every $60 that you buy wit) put two rtfleo fea tho hands ef hoys at the front—awd may be they wit) he BARNWELL hoys who are flghtmg your flghf l.oao mflm • • NPWi MINT* ftp f sp.ll I wppus Paiea. * tam. Rjrfb Rpw em WeoAAey WdtNO • « * * moogos % I PtosM m M« mnod ev if v « >^ • * • • f PBI ff PVfs tv % % ts * »a • iSe Htae* woei **.<»• 4 % Moi 'OS fen veU Thus reeve 9 ifle Mevtm mi Bmmi Mom tbyeflesL M Mdamk t’ fl Neff i a# 1 wo* E a Bb ihokav % # tid 1 ■asumeM rt 4(4 I M B ffbseae i Bmaess B BBffhartP 1**# mff | NME 4 B 1 1 e sma I [ •boo M tw tOBO. | ! BaaBa mm am 1 ■uffff mom f emper . toMffm* • ( [ M C oflkao *a> eeK* j tjeaaff t vp ■nae 40 1 I JsaAma Je. os pee- I Poe See M II BmA Lmaff ■* iff * *♦e* t ' 4Mt «mS VffBmam ffoewm •ML T M 1 Oeevew [ P Bmaa oemaag i rm < * «oaal - I BeeawoMb ( CL Booghsaan, t T ad Butvhhallee. Jr eo H W, Manor. m—W T Usson | A mt Meeh leeooa f tsieo i^eiege, Joi B tsvotmgsem Jt. f vovm tfl It Sew away - • % 4 * M -4 | B 1 «. a e-. • Pnodeev, no MdhsApr Loo. B M l lms R < rooeth W H tUogfloupdL I R Bhm% M It IMmna < Mai WmfloM B A AM I W AsAamua. P T Wee «4t. p • MvHfcnOS t* It • PUPtfl lot ! | oefl hue heigad As oh the bopo thol t'oebr Ui the war, those off US poo retted upon to Aghl la fv to see that theoe nly supplied wtth the BARNWELL wth buy AJdfl J P fee the hops eoor there if II inly of* f unh Lilretp Imps, but H I mam than BbsA BemMashse i I off BtJNM eooe the gaeSa shba 4.1 mumas flB taure ftflbm $er Mm bad , E I haum Mow hr ww gbem MWMWfMhTlaM ff IBM l-ifTh MtN.eTESa < % WflHB | ^ .... IHIII vagM •vaaeo Wome Too flnaMk f aoo i sem tamhnrsoo a aS #ONa«i>^ #/ *-*s ’ MU. the shtwes W' og Mm> uhnoh LuaJh eg Of Mke t mood flbot lhasuo. M oshosgOen, D C. 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Householders, hotels, restaurants and other consumers who may be aide to conserve these pits, are being looked after by the Red Cress; and the food administration, through the state and county organizations, should lend the entire weight of its assistance to aid I h4 >am Herbert k I Ur enneoy. Robert Phoenix, Blackville. Willie Cave. Barnwell. Thomas‘Henry Best, Jr., Allendale. Henry- Hair, Hamilton, Canada. Zacharias Simrfions, Blackville. James Perry, Blackville. (Buy-a- Bond ) . tt'haingai lg-( i imnIi* u»nur\* F»>r»» •* will he provided •nwfll. (*h | uith < hriama* p. ickages. though the j i niit will he ore p»*n*el to each man. :u kvil It*. Coupons are l w ‘iri g ilistributed by the rfd 1. I'Aimy authorities to the men overseas ell. ♦o U* forwarded t o their relatives and thu To Wear U. S. Uniform. Thousands of American boys be- the Red Cross. Shipping instructions will be given by Lieut. W. M. Jackson, low draft a ^ e wl| l soon be wearing an 4^W^Forty-fourtK aticct, New Yorh, QlTi, iHl |ln ' t( * d Stntc " uniform. Sec- ^ y „ i rotary of Labor has authorized and (Signed) William Elliott, the War Department has approved Food Administrator for South Caro- an o''''* < ir i ab uniform wh >oh n>«y be jj na . • - | worn by all members of the United You arc requested to do all you can SUit ™ B °ys’ Working Reserve, to carry into effect this request. This A 1 ™ 1 ? a " many units of office will expect to have your sup- the ^ Workln K R*»«rve through- port in its effort to secure as large • out . tho ™ um ^' whifh h «'“ been, collection of the piU as poMible. Try » w « l “ n i * ,h * •nnouncement of the of- I friends, and no parcel will be received by the post office without this label which authorizes its shipment. The contents of the packages will be supplied by tho families, but the Red Cross will furnish standard cartoons, as all packages must be of the same size and weight, and will inspect, wrap and deliver inspected parcels to the postal authorities. The order for these cartoons has al- read been placed, and they will be de- >f or d r«»»U The Food aJfto annour.r-d i butter mutt not nt rommndity in cents a pound. meats < mM narfere. t mt * 1 1 M Ba ■th 1 of these hetfe ts a ns operty < i Up (bed aad f rd { ( fr*im the Ua iltod fit ate* fi< tddiera Homo, i only lendiag i nar \ l. ^1|t hmm • D. c. p Seim in the forwi of Thi r II unk •site a Farm has b uih up bonds its Im rrd uf Ihtn • Jeffpmj hogs. aad iu p hale *e nt across. or 11 •ddit ion to the ► staple crops which he it of cloth costs th< mplc training camps, lief ore have been grown successfully, has la dy equipped in the way troduced the Spanish pimento into needs an outfit which I the county. The United States im ports annually Spanish Pimientoa ta a ell's quota of the fourth Liberty loan, the amount of $1,000,000.00 and those which amounts to $131,200, if it were grown on the Farm in Barnwell Coun- livered the laUer partof October in Hair, Tuesday evening, .October 8. time to he distributed to Chapters. No cartoons will be given out until the government $63.51. Barn The Food Administration has pro mulgated uhut it considers reasonable margins of profit for wholesalers to all used to purchase clothing for our j ty are the only Pimientos for sale in soldiers would equip 1,574 men with the apparel they need. While this is some 400 more than have answered the call to arms from this county, let us raise the money needed to clothe at least this number. Remember, that if all our money goes under the management of Mr. Henri into clothes, other cities must help [ Branluet. Mr. Branluet is a French- ; supply the funds for food, ammuni- | mr.n of fine ability as an agriculturiet. Blackville, Qct. 7.—Cards are out tion ’ e:uns ’ shi P s to send thcm across ! He has taken out his papers for citi- and all of the other expenses the war entails. - There is a long and hard winter coming on and you do not want to feel that any BARNWELL boy now in make on butter and cheese. I suggest that you give wide pub licity to the retail margins of profit on butter and cheese. WILLIAM ELLIOTT, Food Administrator for S. C. Buy-a-Bond Observe Golden W edding. announcing the celebration of the gol den wedding of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. this country put up under an Ameri can label. The South Carolina Demonstration Farm is owned by Dr. Clarence J. Owens, Managing Director of the Southern Commercial Congress and is zenship in'America. labels arrive from abroad, and com plete details will Be sent to all Red Cross Chapters as soon as the final few days ago. arraiTgements are completed by the i_ War Department and the post office. (Buy-a-Bond) Win* Shoulder Bars. to interest every man. woman and child in your section Hi this important work aad at the end of each week of ■Math, as is meet reav eaieat to ytMfc ^aBmae ssmff bn to this sMWw the pita hoe# eaili ^^Kevey pM m a see hem meat pm sms flam Ymma eeay teaffy ff. W flHqmMM. f waff A4HMMMM* B* C final dress of the organization and many more units which will be organ ised aff p result of the hn*posed el- paaffisa under the r—peralam of the W ar DepafUneat wtfl at aace fee the nutty eitve drnh sff the Etm r*« uacffacua mbs 9mmm sff MB MM ffaai a mmmmm tsaa MhmAaff Among the recent graduates from the field artillery oMtcem* traiamg camp at Zachary Tayiec, I oa»sv ills. By. was Jaha T Milam. Jr. of ffmrfaa Tbos yamag mma mas sue sff seaeeul mgiaieuufls saAmtui mffa sufl- uufffl safema bp flbe 1 aval Rhuul file <* yaeSt ivff 1 > It aa s*aft<M* m e saaenvt vff S»a mat# •m*ia *• hasauaM C BUY- WAR SAVINGS STAMPS CNSTAITIY to. no one will have any reason to ,i| tnd , lnc iu r tlM doubt BARNWELL'S patriotism FUNERAL OF SOLDIER. Harry C. Hetiaa sff Blachv si Cateury Citation Notice. The State of South Carolina, County of Barnwell. By John K. -Snelling, Esquire, Pro- This makes the second golden wed ding for Blackville in a week. Mr. , _ and Mrs. W. A. Gyles also celebrate<r! F ™ nce and ver >„ l,k ely m the trenches | bate Jud K e: ttheir 50th marrm K e anniversarv a!" KOmK to 8U,f * r b ' c 1 aU8e yo “ have Whereas J_ C. Mayer made suit to not done your very best in buying me k0 Jfraot him Letters of Adminis- . bonds to help raise the money neces- and effects of aary. Let’s oversubscribe our quota O. D. Allen. The*#, are, therefore, to cits aad dred and creditors of the said O. D. Alien, deceased, that they he aad ap pear before me. aa the Ceavt ef hate, to be held at Barawefl an 1 ■Nay. October IBh aast, after | hraliea theeasff. eff II elilmA li flmuaemff. m them cum * eay f have, why the w -f "• ^ j. A Vul *!