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• * > » THE BARNWELL PEOPLE general discharge of ~ FARMERS INADVISABLE / i it Says War Department in Reply to Letter from Local Board. •vCJi What is now commonly known as “the Davis bill” has attracted State wide interest, and the very favorable comment and the fact that it passed to third reading in the House without a dissenting vote is evidence enough of its wisdom. This bill provides that, tj on a8 t 0 whether it is not feasible The following letter has been re ceived from the War Department by the Local Board for Barnwell County in reply to its letter of January 9th, suggesting the early discharge of farmers: War Department—Office of the Chief of Staff—Washington, January 18, 1919. Mr. W. H: Duncan, Secretary, Local Board, Barnwell, S. C. Dear Sir: The Secretary of War has referred to me for reply your letter of January 9, 1919, in which you request informa- no existing county seat can be moved to a point within eight miles of a boun dary line between two counties. When the framers of the present Constitution drew up that measure, they provided that, in establishing a new county, the proposed line could no f come within eight miles of, the old county seat, their intention being to keep the county seat as nearly cen trally located as possible, and the bill introduced by Mr. Davis, of Barnwell, two weeks ago is in keeping with the spirit of the Constitution. Its wis dom is generally recognized, for as the law now stands the county seat can be moved from one location to another pretty much as a woman moves a piece of furniture in a room, and with much less reason therefor. Suppose, for instance, the county seat were moved to Blackville. What would prevent Williston, five years hence, from making the effort that Blackville is now engaged in? What assurance would the people have of the permanency of the location of their Court House ? What induce ments would be offered to outsiders to invest their money in the county scat town when it was problematical as to the length of time the county seat would remain there ? No fair-minded man will question the wisdom of nor the necessity for the Davis bill. With every county in the State, ex cept two, showing substantial increas es in the value of taxable property, it seems passing strange that -Rich land County should be one of the two that fell behind. Columbia, the coun ty seat of Richland, has benofitted per haps more than any other city in the State from the war by reason of the location there of Camp Jackson. Rents have gone out of si^ht, the price of food is extremely high, the people have been receiving excellent wages, and yet with all of this the value of the property returned for taxation has decreased $n,bxo. There’s “a nigger in the wood-pile” somewhere and an investigation should be made to determine the reason for this rath er unusual condition. -o— . Last week, while in conversation with a Blackville gentleman, the writ er was told that Blackville, in trying to have the county seat moved and the Springfield territory annexed, was ac tuated solely by a desire to advance Barow«]L County. • He t hen proceeded to criticise Barnwell for making no effort to hold the Allendale section of the county. When reminded of the fact that Blackville v. as also a part of Barnwell County and that no effort was' made by that town to block the new county move, he exclaimed, “Oh, but if Allendale had not cut off, we wouldn’t have had the chance we now have to get the Court House!” And yet Blackville is working for the best interests of Barnwell County! ‘“Con sistency, thou art a jewel!” The People is not a prophet nor the son of a prophet, nor do we pretend to be in possession of inside informa tion, but if we were a farmer we would hold our cotton for 35 cents a pound. Of course, we realize with many of our readers that “cotton is a fool” and there’s no telling what the King w r ill do, but with the prices of everything else refusing to come down it seems a good bet that the staple will bring a higher price than now prevails before another crop is made. Don’t understand us to mean that a farmer should hold his cotton at the expense of his creditors, but if he can make satisfactory arrange- ments^we believe it will pay him to do ao. to grant discharges to all such farm ers as still remain in training camps in America. The War Department appreciates the necessity of the early return of soldiers to the farms and rural occu pations from which they came, and it is the intention to bring this about as rapidly as possible. It is expected to demobilize shortly all men in this country who enli tod or were drafted for the period of the emergency ex cept such men as it is necessary to re tain in the military service to oper ate demobilization and convalescent centers, hospitals, ports of ^debarka tion, supply depots, and to garrison our insular stations and to protect our Mexican Border. The War Department has not deemed it for the best interests of the country as a whole to issue orders di recting the general discharge of all Mr. Manninf. farmers, since it is believed that'sucl^ action would he unjust to the meh- the service from other lines of indus try. However, at all times during de mobilization, individuals may make application for their discharge of in dividual enlisted men upon their own application, when there is sickness or other distress in the soldier’s family, or where he is needed to resume em ployment in any industry or occupa tion in which there is urgent need for his services, provided his services can be spared by the Government. In or der to emphasize the method of se curing individual discharges under Circular 77, the following instructions have recently been issued: “Applications for immediate dis charge under the provisions of Circu lar 77, War Department 1918, will Ik* acted upon as expeditiously as possi ble and the applicants will be informed of the action taken, without unneces sary delay. Deserving casts should be investigated and where the appli cants have not correctly or fully stat ed their reasons for asking immediate ischarge, officers should render such assistance as may be necessary to cor rect them so that applications may be properly presented and acted upon.” It will not however be possible to discharge immediately on his own ap plication every soldier who requests such discharge even to return to farm ing or other Agential industry. It must be remembered, as stated above, that there is still need for a consider- military force for supply, debar- Yesterady afternoon a citizen of South Carolina, a man of quiet man ners and somewhat deficient in the modem art of parading, who in the performance of tasks delegated to him, has been a sojourner in Columbia for four years, returned to his home in Sumter, accompanied by his wife, a gentle and .kindly woman-who has heTped him and, in so helping, has been, with him, the friend of the peo ple in their undertakings and sacri fices. They were Mr. and Mrs. Rich ard I. Manning. • ' ‘ * Vs. • * . ’ . ' * ■ One of the curious things that we Have observed is that this man has sometimes been coarsely reviled and what seemed the foolishest of the counts -in the indictment brought a- gainst him was that he an “Aristo crat.” At the risk of completing the ruin of his pilitical future, if any he have, we are going to say that, in a sense not so foolish, the accusation is true. He has been a very hard worker, not sparing himself, lie has taken his work seriously and, for some reason or other, he has not boasted of his deeds, or abused his maligners, or spoken in a loud voice, or climbed into headlines in search of notoriety. We think he would be the last man who would say that he has not made mis takes or set himself up to be an ex traordinary personage. No one has heard of him dodging responsibility or making complaint of any kind. He has given to the public service all that he had to giveimd, some day or other, when all of us are gone to a long sleep, men free of the passions of this time, will write history and say that with his first administration began the new era in South Carolina when the commonwealth turned its attention to the care of the poor and weak and to the training of every child. And they will write, too, thaG when war MASTER'S SALE. ^ ^ State of South Carolina, County of Barnwell. Court of Common Pleas. W. P. Prince, Thos. J. Prince, Sophro- nia A. Rowell, Rebecca Still, Mary Priester, Theodosia Morris and Amanda Lambert, ^ >. Plaintiffs, against Annie Kennedy and C. F. Riser, ^ - Defendants. By virtue,,of a decretal order to me directed in the above entitled cause, I will sell at Barnwell, in front of the Court House, on Monday, February 3rd, 1919, it being salesday in said month, within the legal hours of sale, the following'described real property, to-wit: All that certaip tract of land situate, lying and being in the county and State above named, and said to contain Thirty-eight and a half acres, more or less, bounded on the North by lands of Redfield Still, on the South by lands of the late Bart Ray, on the East by lands of the late James Still, and on the West by lands of Thomas Sanders. Terms of sale cash. Purchaser to pay for papers and stamps. ' H. L. O’BANNON, Master. Master’s office, January 14, 19l9. Notice of Final Discharge. Barnwell, S. G came, at the head of affair* was a Lira. 4l 1 men who directed the use /l the re sources of the State to assist the American Republic, in his appoint ments to office taking no thought of his personal fortunes and selecting the men who best could and would do the things necessary to be done. Just a quiet, clear-headed, easy- mannered,. eptirely modest, rather shrinking, industrious, God-fearing man, with a notiop uppermost in his mind that in performing his duties as Governor his personal popularity was not to be considered—that is Richard I. Manning.—Columbia State. Notice is hereby given that on Mon day, the 17th day of February, 1919, at 10 o’clock a. m., I will file my final account with Hon. John K. Snelling, Judge of Probate of Barnwell County, as sole qualifying executor of the last will and testament of M. L. Baugh man, deceased; and at the same time and place will petition the said Court for letters dismi^sory as such execu tor. . Dated this-21st day of January, 1919, —»• C. C. Baughman, Executor of the Last Will and Testa ment of M. L. Baughman, deceased. Published in The Barnwell People, January 23, 1919. ..FIRE INSURANCE... Absolute. Protection Strongest Companies L. P. WILSON BARNWELL, S. C. Notice. If it’s in a drug store, Owens Drug Co., FaiiTax, has it. l-30-4t We will sell to the highest bidder on Thursday, January 30, 1§19, at 11 o’clock 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 the Spring Branch school building. Both will be sold at the Double Ponds Church. W. H. Hartzog, E. H. Hartzog, W. H. Hutto, Trustees. l-9-3t. We pay all postage on mail orders over 50 cents. Owens Drug Co., Fair fax, S. C. l-30-4t. FOR SALE.—Four graded Jersey heifers, fresh along from February to May; 3 graded Jersey milch cows; 1 Jersey bull. For prices apply to J. L. Shuler, Williston, S. C. l-l-4t—pd. sed CarsFoi e * WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING UESD CARS IN STOCK: ONE MITCHELL FIVE PASSENGER, RUN ABOl T 3500 MILES ONE ANDERSON SIX, FIVE PASSENGER. ONE MAXWELL, FIVE PASSENGER. THESE CARS ARE ALL IN FIRST CLASS RUNNING ORDER. IN ORDER TO CLOSE OUT THESE CARS WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SOME VERY ATTRACTIVE PRICES ON THEM, SO IF YOU EXPECT TO BUY A CAR IT WILL PAY YOU TO SEE US. Hapl-Jennings Mo tipy Barnwell, S. C. t- auk kation, hospital and demobilization as ,*ell a* for protecting Hie' Mexican Border and garrisoning our insular possessions. There are certain soldiers whose services cannot yet be spared, for them the emergency is not yet over and loyal and self-sacrificing men must serve. d'he war department is endeavoring to arrange to relieve as far as possi ble such men as seek their discharge on the grounds that they are urgently needed in industry, from military du ties wherever it is possible to replace them by men competent to perform the required services who are desirous of remaining in the miltary servee. It is believed that those men whose dscharges may be secured under the provisions of Circular 77, War De partment, 1919, together with the large number of men being discharged at the camps, both from units sta tioned in this country and from units returning from overseas, will be suf ficient to meet the‘farm labor short age situation; at least, so far as it can be met by the discharge of men which the War Department can arrange to discharge from the military service. _ TheWar Department is very much interested in stimulating insofar as possible the food production of the country, and realizes in full the need for farm workers. Your patriotic j interest in this matter is appreciated . j an(i 1116 War Department thanks y#u No,. CeteStine,'^he people of Barn-1 for bringing, the matter to its atten- ^ we*! County Wifi not submit to Spring field’s dictating the terms under which she will annex. Noting short of un- conditional surrender will be accepta- : He. * ' -Mjr aonetir We wondter aoffitimes, in our idle way, if the annexatyon of the Spring- field territory would create an Alsace- Lorraine feeling between Barnwell and Orangeburg .Counties 7 — that tion. Very sincerely yours, “ Henry Jervey, Major General, U. S. A., Assistant Chief of Staff, Director of Opera- * tions, prophet if fis- been disproved it Will Notice. The town has three hogs in the tqwn lot; one black gilt, and two bar- roWs. -One black- and white spotted, the Other black with white feet. Own er will please cal!. p.*.v eemaga tad * f T T T T T T T f T OUR DRUG STOCK A We are equipped to meet any demand for DRUGS, PROPRIETARY MEDICINES and SICKROOM SUP PLIES. Our modern, well-organized and carefully stocked PRESCRIPTION DEPARTMENT is at your service. We carry nothing but the best grade of Standard Drugs. “No substitution” in filling prescriptions, all of which are. compounded by GRADUATE PHARMACISTS. 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Try a box of our Candy. , A large assortment of the best from which to choose. PHARMACY, Two Licensed Druggists. Prescriptions Filled Day or Night -Burr Street Barnwell, S. C. in J. A. f JKTER; ^ Mayor.