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THE BARNWELL PEOPLE general discharge of ~
FARMERS INADVISABLE
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Says War Department in Reply to
Letter from Local Board.
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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.
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. 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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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-
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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
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OUR DRUG STOCK
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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.
Physicians, nurses and patrons comment favorably on
our careful work and prompt deliveries.
We specialize in hot water bags, bandages, absorb
ent cotton, etc.—any and all articles needed to replenish
the home medicine chest and for “first aid to the injured.”
Toilet Articles.
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Quality marks our stock of Toilet Articles. Only the
best at moderate prices. Finest Soaps arid Purest Creams,
Brushes, Combs, etc., in great variety of style ai)d price.
PARKER FOUNTAIN PENS.—A splendid assort
ment just received. Call and select the one that is made
for your hajad. .
Our Soda Fountain.
Stationery.
Our Stationery Department contains everything
novel and fashionable in that line. Plain or delicately '
tinted. Whatever you desire we have it.
Our patrons praise the delicious drinks served at our
fountain. Only the highest grade syrups and pure fruit
flavors served. Fountain and equipment of most mod
ern type. Everything sparkling and ejean.
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.
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JKTER;
^ Mayor.