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. ? . -A • !*• ' ■■•i, * ' V '“i •rV ; VOL. XLH. “jLMfct Like a Member of the Family'’ BAftNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY lb, 1919. NUMBIft.lL-- ^EW COUNTY CARRIES BY overwhelming majority Practically No Opposition Offered in Barnwell or Hampton. — It is understood in Barnwell that the election on Tuesday was overwhel mingly in favor of the formation of a new county, with Allendale as the county seat, out of parts of Barnwell and Hampton Counties, in neither of which was any opposition offered, only a fe\y votes being cast against the pro- ' ject. Repeated efforts were made by The People on Tuesday night and Wednes day morning to get j into telephonic communication with Allendale, but owing to the extremely poor service rendered by the Southern Bell Tele phone Company it is impossible to give our readers a tabulated report of the election returns this week. Calls were placed for several parties, but none of them could be reached. The People congratulates the pro moters of the new county on the suc cess of their project and -in common with their other friends in Barnwell ‘ County wish them God-speed. J. £> HARLEY RECEIVES A DESERVED PROMOTION Barn welt Attorney Is Made District Counsel for Seaboard. BLACKVILLE IS AMBITIOUS. Project Said to Be on Foot to Move Court House and Jail. Stories are going the rounds that, with the formation of Allen County assured, plans are being laid by the citizens of Blackville to annex the Springfield section of Orangeburg County to Barnwell County and then v make the effort to have the court house and jail moved from Barnwell to Blackville. Older residents recall the bitterness that grew out of simi lar fights of past years and it is to be regretted that there is even a possi bility of stirring up the strife again. While from Blackville's viewpoint her ambition may be a laudable one, it is hardly probable that in these riryr ef high cost of living, high ccsl of government, high cost of et cetera, a majority of the people will consent to the added burdens of taxation that such a move would entail. Let well enough alone. Nine Were Confirmed. in recognition of his merit and faithful performance of duty for the past several years as local counsel, J. Emile Harley, Esfl., of Barnwell, has been promoted to the position of Dis trict Counsel for the Seaboard Air * Line Railway and now handles the legal business for this corporation in several counties Sbuth of Columbia, succeeding Jo-Berry Lyles, Esq., of Columbia. Mr. Harley is senior mem ber of the firm of Harley & Blatt, who are at present and will in the future continue to represent a number of corporations, among them being the Southern Railway Company, the At lantic Coast Line Railroad Company, the Charleston and Western Carolina Railway Company, the Western Union Telegraph Company and the Southern Express Company. The junior mem ber of the firm is how in France but is expected to return home in the near future. Mr. Harley’s promotion is well de served and is a source of gratification to his many friends in Barnwell and other parts of the State. BARNWELL COUNTY GAVE MANY MEN TO UNCLE SAM LOCAL BOARD COMPILES LIST OF THOSE ACCEPTED AT CAMP.— PARTIAL LIST OF VOLUNTEERS ALSO GIVEN.—NAMES OF REJECTED MEN NOT INCLUDED. WOUNDED SOLDIER RETURNS. Private T. B. Harley, Jr., Was in Bltf Battte. Hit Private T. B. Harley, Jr., son of Mr. T. B. Harley, of Martin, arrived in Barnwell * Saturday evening after a stay of several months in France. He was a member of the Thirtieth Di vision and in the big battle between St Quentin and Cambrai on October 8th was severely wounded. A ma chine gun bullet penetrated his ankle and a piece of shrapnel hit him in the stomach, going entirely through his body. He was sent to a hospital in England, but later returned to France, leaving a port in that country for Amerirs cr. Qaafafiftfi Svfc. vate Harley is the picture of health and except for a slight limp shows no signs of the terrible wounds received in action. Few people realize the extent of Barnwell County’s contribution to the War for Democracy, especially that of man power, and in order to keep the record straight and for the informa tion of the people of the County the Local Board has compiled a list of registrants sent* to the various mob ilization camps in this country and who were accepted for military ser vice by the camp authorities. A sup- Bed Was a Stranger. In the absence of Bishop Guerry, of Charleston, who is on a six months' visit to France and other parts of Europe, Bishop Reece, of Savannah, made the annual visitation to the Church of the Holy Apostles. Ser vices were held here Sunday evening, at which time a class of nine candi dates was confirmed in the presence of a large congregation. They were as follows: Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Dicks, Mrs. Solomon Brown, Misses Josie _ _ ■■ eh*- u** the J ront '“"IZS?" John I. Brunson and Eugene Brown. The Bishop, the members of the Ves- . try and two of the candidates for con- ''firmation were the guests of the Rev. * A. R. Morgan at dinner Saturday evening. ■ - ♦ ♦ ^ ' 0 Mule Fell in a Well. While pulling a plow in a field near town, a mule belonging to Mr. Ashton Holland fell into an abandoned well. Efforts were made to recover the ani mal, but they were unsuccessful and rt was found necessary to shoot him. Two mules were hitched to the plow but /Orunately the other mule was not pulled into the well when his com panion fell in. Was One of the First. July Smalls, one of The People’s good colored subscribers, who lives near Williston, was a caller at this office recently. July says he was one of the first five subscribers to this paper ftfaen it was organized and dur ing all the years has been very prompt ( about his renewal. May his tribe in crease. . Notice. We will sell to the highest bidder on Thursday, January 80, 1910, at 11 o’dock a. m., in the Double Ponds School District No. 20, the two old school buildings, one called, the Double Ponds school building, and the Other known as the Spring Branch school building. Both will be sold at the Double Ponds Church. W. H. Hartzog, E. H. Hartzog, v W. H. Hutto, Trustees.' L9-3t: , , - Notice to Pensioners. The County Pension Board wilj meet m Barnwell on Salesday in February Miss Leila Mae Oglesby, of Seig- lingville, has received the following interesting letter from her cousin, Sergt. Cornelius W. Laird, now in France; France, Sunday night, Nov. 24, 1918. My Dear Leila Mae: Guess you think I don’t intend to write you any reply to your most highly appreciated letter which came to me several days back, but listen to my sad story and I will try to explain did not have time to do anything but watch for a boch then, but I am out of it now/and am off on a pass. I am in a beautiful little town in the southern part of France called Aix- lebiauis. reached here Friday night and will be here until today week, then I will rejoin my regiment but I don’t know where it will be at as they left on a fifteen day hike the same day I left on my pass. I have a nice hotel to stay at and all my expenses paid by the government so you see I am having a nice time but the first night I was here I did not know whether to get under the bed or in it for it was the first real bed I have seen since I landed in France. The cold, frozen ground has beeii my bed for the most of the time, but I am in hopes it is all over with now. I think we will soon be on our way back home but don't know just when we will be able to start. Say, we have a nice sight-see ing trip for tomorrow. We will all take our lunches along with us and spend the day up on the mountains. We sure have some beautiful moun tains around here; we can see the Alps down in Switzerland. I have just written Lula Mae a letter tonight telling her of myself. It does not real ly seem like I have ever been at war now, ha, ha! Many thanks to you for the picture and also that nice encour aging letter. Write often and I will dVery chance I get, so bye bye. I re main as ever, Sergt. Qomelius Laird, Co.* E., 54th U. S. Inf., A. P. 0.777, 6th Division, A. E. F. Mr. E. T. Richardson Dead. '''Sv ■ * ^ '"•'v • - ^ . '** Mr. E. T. Richardson, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Richardson, died plementary list of registrants -who voluntarily enlisted is also given. The names of registrants who were en trained but who were rejected as un fit for military service are not listed. The complete record by calls is as fol lows: ; V . WHITES. • The following inductions were made prior to the inauguration© of the ques tionnaire system of classification: Hugh B. Morris, Barnwell. * Herman D. Still, Blackville. Burrell R. Hutto, Blackville. Henry F. Jackson, Allendale. Wm. D; Barker, Rime. Joseph A. Morgan, Springfield, rfd. George Black; Ulmer. Bennie Bradley, Milletteville. Bcnj Jos. Brant, Ulmer. ' Monroe Beasley, Barnwell. * Vernon N. Jones, Sycamore. Barnwell Rhett Calhoun, Elko. John C. Baxley, Barnwell. Glenn T. Boylston, Blackville. Edward Russell Sanders, Baldock. \ I. Lewis Langley, Barnwell. Langdon A. Cave, Barnwell. Sam J. Woodward, Barnwell. Adrian L. Baxley, Blackville. Gary John Anderson, Dunbarton. Herbert R. Vance, Allendale. Robt. L. Meriwether, Allendale. Johnson Gillam, Barnwell. James M? Buckner, Fairfax. Fred D. Quattlebaum, Williston. Charley L. Hiers, Dunbarton. Curtis Hartzog. Blackville. Laurie C. Fowke, Baldock. Ansrus Love, Williston. Macoy Ureecn, biaefcviHe. Farrell A. Creech, Bamwtell. Willie F. RandaU, Elko, rfd. Earl Harvey, Fairfax. Ben All, Ulmer. Samuel L. Greene, Dunbarton. Gordon W. Owens, Baldock. Charlie Aiken Still, Barnwell. John F. Creech, .Barnwell. John Hal Furman, Martin, rfd. H. C. Muns, Williston. John O. Brabham, Barnwell. — Wbl, J. Deer, Ulmer. ' ’ Luther B. McClendon, Blickville. Robert R. Harley, Allendale. Walter B. Glass, Donors. John Walker, Dunbarton. John T. Wilson, Jr., Fairfax. Fred K. Howard, Blackville. Earl S. Brant, Ulmer. • Marvin A. Legette, Savannah, Ga. Fred Wilcox, Milletteville. Morgan G. Pender, Williston. Albert M. Loadholt, Fairfax, rfd. Harry O. Bodiford, Blackville. James Herbert Black, Barnwell. Louis G. Harley, Williston. John S. Keel, Elko. J. W. Campbell, Fairfax. * C. P. Youmans, Fairfax. ^ * * * * v \ " *; Voluntary Inductions. W. Carl Buist, Blackville. J. Kelly Browning,. Blackville. E. Carter Price, Barnwell. Walter D. Richardson, Barnwell. Solomon Blatt, Barnwell. J. Malloy Brodie, Barnwell. Harry G. Boylston, Blackville. Martin C. Best, Barnwell. . * George M. Armstrong, Barnwell. J. L. Oswald, Jr., Allendale. To Camp Jackson—Call No. 16. Jacob Levy, Barnwell. Nicholas D. Coclin, Barnwell. Jacob Stallings, Meyer’s Mill. Leonard D. Keel, Allendale. Wm. Chalmers Farmer, Allendale. To Kelly Field, Tex.—Call 41. Mordecai. M. Mazursky, Barnwell. Barrett W. Boulware, Harrisburg, Pa. To Camp Jackson.—Call No. 74. Clyde W..Bright, Barnwell. . Angus H. Kemp, Blackville. Perry M. Ferguson, Appleton. George V. Johnson, Augusta, Ga. Theodore J. Heos/Blackville. Miles Altman, Fairfax. Murry Bradley, Martin/ E. Mayfield Grubbs, Blackville. Isadore B. Redmond, Blackyille. To Camp Jackson^—Call No. 139. r • 4 . ■« > Malcolm M. Moody, Allendale. ~ Carl O’Connor Williams, Allendale. Joe Allen Myrick, Allendale. Harry D. Warren, Appleton. Thos. Franklin Williams, Allendale: George Beard, Schofield. P. G. W. Sanders, Kline. Ansel Meyer Anderspn, Dunbarton. Cameron L. Dowling, Fairfax. James M: Kearse, Allendale. »Lonnie 0. Pender, Baldock. ♦ To Ft. Striven, Ga.—Call No. 178. John C. Hoffman, Blackville. Carroll S. Anderson/Qonora. wishing a raise in their pension or paints-afttr iong lil health, xged SS' making new application are required years. At the time The People closed to meet this board in person on that ft* forms the funeral arrangements day. L. F. Hair, Pension Commissioner. l-9-2t had not been announced. The, be reaved family has the sympathy of many <fri6hds. ^ ville. Burrell W. Hartley, Cordele, Ga. George C. Weathersbee, Barnwell. Moses Jeff coat, Barnwell. To Clemson College—Call No. 207. John B. McMillan, Ulmer. Clyde Vickery, Barnwell. * Leo Todd, Fairfax. Gary~Cook, Snelling. - - Wyatt W. Woodward, Williston, rfd 2. .. • To Camp Sevier.—Call No. 231. Lennie M. Birt, Elko. Ft. Ben j. Harrison, Ind.-^Call No. 299. John C, Burney, Blackville. To Camp Jackson.—Call No. 374. . Samuel Hay Gantt, Lyndhurst. Jim Ryan Abstance, Blackville. * Perry Cleveland Green, Dunbarton. Angus Bethune Patterson, Jr., Barn well. Harry C. Hutson, Blackville. Jas. Butler Sharp, Allendale. Donnie L. Jamison, Blackville. Leonard S. Mattern, Donora. Earl Pinckney Furman, Allendale. Jos. A. Keeler, Blackville. Wm. D. Cease, Martin. Wm« L. Barber, Fairfax. 'Wm. H. Dicks, Dunbarton. Edward K. Bronson, Barnwell. Marion D, Stoney, Allendale. Grover C.. Kennedy, Williston. Geo. W. Patrick, Hampton. Brunson Zissett, Barnwell. Julius H.'Owens, Lodge. Charlie M. Still, Barnwell. Wm. H. McIntosh, Columbia. Stacy B. Walters, Columbia. Jacob Talmage Baxley, Blackville. Ben T. Rice, Barnwell. To Camp Jackson.—Call No. 661. Dawson E. Davis, Fairfax. Vivian yL. Cave, Blackville. Lester Hall. Williston. John N. Loadholt, Fairfax. Herbert Donald Dickinson. Ulmer. Bill Henry Creech, Kline (Dis charged.) C. Curtis Reeves, Allendale. Henry Smith, Barnwell. Milledge W. Hartzog, Hilda. Fred Creech, Kline; Wm. F. Hogarth, Brunson. Winchester Woodward, Williston, rfd 2. ’ Perry Wilson, Allendale. C. C. Boyles, Martin. Earl Owens, Elko. ..Willie. F. Cadden, Baldock. Willie R. Bell, Elko. Frank J. Green, Elko. Frank Early Ready. Kline. Horace A. Green, Elko. To University of S. C.—Call No. 735. John Carsey Tarrance, Snelling. E. L. Sanders, Ulmer. Charts B. Zorn, Meyer’s Mill. Willie Carrie "Zorn, Elko. T. Dallis Creighton, Barnwell. rurman Black, Barnwell. Clifford Harley, Appleton. James Heyward Black, Barnwell. Earl Hair, Elko, rfW 1. Wm. Franklin Steverson, Appleton. John Wm. Goodson, Ulmer. Austin Porter,. Williston. John Calhoun Croft, Elko. Shellie R. Fail, Olar. To Camp Jackson.—Call No. 855. _ Bellinger Halford, Blackville. Everett Venson Givens, Williston. James Arthur Joyner, Olar, rfd. Henry Grady Boynton, Ulmer. Wm. Russell Loadholt, Fairfax. W. Hilton Mims, Blackville. George E. Deer, Sycamore. Thos. W. Hair, Elko, rfd. Milledge Franklin Black, Barnwell. v Wm. A. Ferguson, Baldock, rfd. Henry Brant, Ulmer. J. Rufus Sanders, Ulmer. Lafayette Cushman, Williston. Paul H. Owens, Baldock. To Camp Wadsworth.—Call No. 974. Willie M. Terry, Milletteville. c5u v * r H. Rountree, Barnwell.- Solomon C. Ready, Barnwell. Juhus J. Anderson, Dunbarton.^ Starling Grubbs, Hilda, Solomon V. Brown, Barnwell. Mfelvm Leroy Hair, Elko Alonzo Bates, Elko. Thompson McKerfey,. Elko. Marion W. Wise, Elko. • K D b iS°?! it *» Allendale. Thodore R. Harley, Cave. D. Allen Brown. Meyer's Mill Ronald L. Peecock^Bamwell. Lawton H. Still/BfhdlcvuUe. John Bunyan Black, Barnwell Ben L. Peeples, Milletteville. James 0. Harton, Fairfax. Monroe W. Burckhalter, Dunbarton. Wm. B. Rice, Allendale, rfd 1. To Syracuse, N. Y.—Cal! No, 11W. M. Boyd Connor, Barnwell. BARNWELL COUNTY BOY IS WILSON’S GUARD OF HONOR i - / „/ ‘Punk” Ross Writes of Crossing At lantic With President. Mrs. W. A. Ross, who lives a few miles frotn Barnwell, has received the following letter from her son, Bunk, who is one of the President’s- honor guards while in Europe: Dec. 11, 1918. Azores Islands. Dear Ma: Your letter was handepl me while leaving Hoboken. Had one to mail you but did not have time before leav- i n S, Well I am getting on fine, although rather skinny as you said. Don’t know what makes it, I am not working so bard as that: We have been steaming across the Atlantic for the past six days, being convoyed by the Flag ship Pennsylvania and several destroyers.* Have' had a fine trip so far, though a bit rough. The weather was fine after leaving New York two days traveling south. •‘We have now passed one of the Azore Islands. There was a nice sea port city and some beautiful farms on that island. A Portugal ship, resembling a rfv boat beside our ship came out and fired a salute. We are now in two days of Brest, France, so of course it will be two days before I mail this letter. Now just, a word about the Presi dent. I stand four hours watch by his state room every day. I feel highly honored to have him smile and say “good morning” to me, although %I have had the pleasure of shaking his hand. He also greeted me with a smile and familiar “Hello there!” We have had a theatre aboard ship and he has been attending the show every night. This ship will bring sol diers back. I think I will be over here five or six weeks. I am sending you two of the daily newspapers published at sea and a short history of the Q|d George Wash ington. . You will keep the latter for me. Will let you hear from me often. Your son. Bunk. XupM Jzets Busy. Somewhere in France, Nov. 18th. Dear Pearle: I will write you all a few lines to day to let you hear from me. I am well and hope this will find you all well. I received your letter yesterday and sure was glad to hear from you all. Well, there is some good, news for the boys over here. I think the war is about over with. I don’t think it will be long before we sail back ov er to Uv S. A. I am in hopes that I can be home by the last of January and be with you all as I have once been, as I am tired of France. I sure had a good time seven days in this month, we stayed at the hotel; we ate plenty of beef steak and eggs for breakfast. I sure enjoyed myself better than any seven days since I have been in the army. Pearle I am sending you a picture of my little girl, and my friend and his girl. I want you to tell me how we look to gether. She is a sweet little kid. She can talk a whole lots of English. Well Pearle I hope it won’t be long before I can come back home. I am just about as good a man as when I left home and if I can have good luck and keep my health I think I can return the same. I sure wish that I could be with you all Xmas but don’t think I will be able as it’s a long long ways back over ta U. S. A. When I had to come over, L dreaded to cross that deep water but now I am longing to cross that water back to U.». A. It took us eighteen days to cross when we come over but we had so far around to come, but when we cross now I don’t think it will take us over nine to cross back, as we can sail straight to- New York. Well Pearle I know you all are glad the war it over but not any gladder than I Well, I can jay this much, I did my duty like a man, regardles to what happened, so when I come home I can tell you all a little about the war. I will be truthful, the army hag. done me a lots of good. I have seen a lots LOCAL BOARD SUGGESTS* DISCHARGE OF FARMER* •/ / • . ; . . Letter to Secretary of Wai* Give* Reasons for EarJ^L Return. 'tn a letter to Secretary of War * Baker last week, Hie Local Board for Barnwell County recommends the ear* ly discharge of farmers and farm la* borers from the army and sets out its reasons why such action is neces sary. The letter is as.follows: . Jan. 9, 1919. - Hon. Nawtafl D. • * Secretary of War, . - i • Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:— • • * ■ We note with interest that the gov-* emment is perfecting plans to securo employment for soldiers as they are mustered out of the service*, and we trust that you will accept a sugges tion from our Board. As you doubt less know, we live in a section that is purely agricultural. At this season of the year, and for the next two months, arrangements art; made for planting of a new crop. About 76 per cent, of the registrants sent to tha army by this Board were farmers. Would it not be feasible to grant dis charges to such men who still remain in training camps in America? 7 Should they not be discharged from the service in the very near future • they will lose an entire year’s week on the farm, whereas it seems to US that they could be discharged and their places in the camps filled by turning soldiers who are not £i without materially injuring the ice. \ ' •* We will thank you to give this your kindly consideration and advise us If it will be possible for the War-Depart- ment to act along the lines shggesfead above. Very truly yours,. "7 , « Local Board, Barnwell County, i . By W. H. Duncan, Secretary# :r-/. FARM Bits TO GET Ml i^Al’k Government to Sell Nitrate far tilizer Through County Agent. To Camp Greenleaf, Ga.—Call 1198, an<1 Iearn ed * lots. W 7 ell it is not long Morris Rich, Blackville. j / f ° rC Xlna ’’ 1 surc Y ou a11 MB Jasper W. Kennedy,* Williston, rfd 2. have a £ rand Xmas. Say, tell Miss Cave that I shook her hand good-b; NEGROES linrinflted mkm ( when I left and tell her I ej ike her hand now when J to IwanTB. Knight, Blackville. Henry C. Dickinson, Ulmer. Ira S. Hall, Williston. . Jos. Allen Hill, Snelling. •To Camp Sevier—Call No. 133. Chas. Leroy* Stringfellow, Black- i a re* a s Jim Riley, Allendale. / Cornelius Bates, Elko. ( larence Tilly, Snellirtg. Sebe Williams, Donora. SD G** SECONDJPAGE) fKhr time, hoping to see yfifi all iome time right ai/e£Xmas, so you all be good until we meet again. With lots love from your brother, Ben AH. Co- F-1.105 Am. Trjin, A. E. F. Washington, D. C.—Notice has goven to H. G. Boylston agricultural agent for Barnwell County, that U. S. Department of Agrieuttum sell st cost s supply of uitrate to farmers in Baftiwcll County. The nitrate will be sold under tfc* authority of the Food Control .Act amd subsequent legislation relating there to. The price will be $81.06 * tea, free on board cars at leading point er port. Fanners are to pay in‘addHism freight to their shipping points. i How to Obtain Nitrate. 7 1 Applications for a part of the ni trate bought by the government will bejeceiVed only from, actual ,fswum— , of owners or holders of farms for i on their land, and may be mi to County Agent H. G. Boylston through any member of a local mittee consisting of Farmers and chants Bank, Williston; Bank of Wil* listen; Barnwell Banking Cor, Barn well; First National Bank, Allendalef Bank of Western Carolina,, aqd Cons* mercial Bank of Blackville. * . No money will be -required with the application but upon notice -from tha authorized representative of the De partment of Agriculture farmers whe have signed applications mujt.depaai* with a local bank, association? or in dividual, designated by the Secretary of Agriculture to act as the farmenf agent for that purpose, money to cov er the cost of the fertilizer except the freight charge. In practically comfy case the irtoney will be paid to* the County Nitrate Distributor designated by the Department of Agrtanttunw Nitrate will be shipped ta distsibulami on sight draft with bill ef lading at tached. Distributors will pay, deafly take up the bills of lading, coUopt mtn- ey from farmers snd distribute el* trate to farmers. Arrangements hue* been made to secure a large quantity of nitrate and it Is believed that aft reasonable rtt^grqments can l\ met, ' *7*5 Auditor’s Appointments. r The County Auditor will be at-tfc# following places for the purpose «C taking tax returns for 1919. Fairfax—Friday, January 17th.’ Blackville—IPdesday, January 21idb Elko—Wednesday, January 22nd, Willistbn—Thursday, January 28l4* tus—Friday, January 24th Kline—Monday, January 27th. Sycamore—Tuesday, January ttthk TVr* Jennas—Wednesday, Jam W Personal property only, will turned. Fifty per cent, not making returns on or roary 20th. R.