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f “Jufct Like a Member of the Family” VOL. XLII. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1J*-1919 NUMBER 2S. COMMISSIONERS SWORN IN FOR ALLENDALE COUNNTY ; —-A May Bond County,for .$250,000 to Build Good Roads. ROUSES HENS FROM INACTION Allendale, Feb. 11,—At a meeting of the Commissioners named in Sec tion 2 of an Act entitled “An Act to Establish Allendale County,? approv ed by Governor Cooper on February 6th, held at Allendale on Friday, Feb ruary 7th, the following named Com missioners were ' present and .duly sworn in: Messrs. T. F. Hogg, Geo.* D. Kirkland, W. Z. Bryan, W. C. Bry an, J. Fred Lightsey, N. B, Loadholt, J. W. Jenny, W. R. Darlington, W. I.' winter, months apparently cause the Theory as to Benefit of Use of Aril- 'ficial Illumination Would tteem J to Be Plausible. ■How can artificial Illumination have any effect on egg production, is the question being asked by some skep tical poultry men who have nevey made any tests. v / The answer is, .according to the workers In poultry husbandry at the New York state college of agriculture, that the light appears to equalize the time between meals and to shorten the period of Inactivity of the Tovvls dur ing the long' nights. The long dights of the late fitll and BELOVED ALLENDALE MAN LAID TO REST WEDNE^)AY DUTCH WEATHER PROPHET PREDICTS WINDY MARCH Body of Dr. J< E. Searson Buried in Swallt^ Savannah Cemetery. „ Johns, A. T. Allen,'J. L. Oswald and W. T. Riley, Jr. Mr. Leroy Wilson was ill and unable to qualify. Organization was perfected by the nomination and election of Mesrs. W. ! I. Johns„and W. T. Riley, Jr., as Chair- < man and Secretary, respectively. , — Messrs. J. L. Oswald, J. Fred Light- 1 sey and W. Z. Bryan were elected as a Committee on Offices and Buildings and authorized to lease temporarily all necessary offices for county busi ness,* including a temporary place for the holing of Court, the first term of w’hich will be in June. Messrs. W. T. Riley, Jr., LeRoy Wil son and J. Fred Lightsey were elected as a Committee on Books, Stationery Printing and Furniture and author ized to puichase all necessary" books, stationery and furniture for county purposes. - # . It was moved, seconded and carried that Messrs. J. E. Johnston, of Fair fax, and J. C. Keel, of Allendale, be recommended to the Governor for ap pointment as Allendale County’s rep resentatives on the Commission to di vide and apportion between Allen dale, Barnwell and Hampton Counties the lawful,.bona fide indebtedness of Barnwell and Hampton Counties. It was moved. Seconded and carried that Messrs. W. A. Chavous, of Al lendale, C. J. Gray, of Barton, and C. W. Dunbar, of Millett, be recommend ed to the Governor for appointment as Supervisors of Registration for Al lendale County. It was moved, seconded and carried that Messrs J. O. Griffin,, of Ulmer, George W. Jenny, of Fairfax, and John Googe, of Allendale, be recom mended to the Governor for appoint ment as Commissioners of Election for Allendale County for the special, fowls to- use a larger proportion of | the. night feed for bodily needs than would be the case under normal con ditions in the springtime, .when the days and the nights are ot practically equal length. * ' , At the time of the year when fowls lay the most eggs in New York state— the months of April, May and June— the days and the nights are approxi mately of equal' length. Under these conditions, fowls appear to assimilate their feed, secure the proper, amount of exercise, and form their eggs to best advantage. ’ r “ The latter part of December there are ahont fifteen Hours of darkness and nine hours of daylight, whereas in the latter part of June the reverse is true— there are approximately fifteen hours of daylight and nine hours of difrkness. .-In -olfcer—words,' illuminatton at tempts to imitate spring conditions so far as the hours of activity and the regulation of feed supply are con cerned. •. CROW IS ENEMY OF FARMER Under Modem Conditione There Seeme Little Reaeon for the Bird’s Con- * tinued Existence. The record of the crow is like Its coat—about as black a* black can be— ,a writer in Detroit Free Press sayii. It may. be that in the great plan of nature, some time In the past, the crt»w served a useful purpose—like wise the hawk and the buezard. Take the buzzard, for example. Once pro tected by human laws everywhere be cause useful for removing carrion, the stench of which offended the nos trils of all animal life, it is now out lawed, because man realizes that It Is better to burn or bury the dead—leav ing no excuse for the existence of the disease-carrying buzzard. So, In the beginning, 4he mission of the crow, we Allendal^, Feb. 10.—Dr. J. E. Sear- son, postmaster and general manager of the Searson Drug Store, died Tues day at his home in Allendale, after a short illness of influenza, aged 42 years. The sudden taking off of this prominent and much beloved young man in the prime or life^, usefulness and health comes as a great shock to the entire community. Dr. Searsbft being of a bright and attractive na ture, a friend and counsellor of the high as well of those of low estate, oc cupied a position in the community that cannot well be filled. Cordial and warm-hearted, untiring in his efforts to serve every one who called upon him, he was warmly and universally beloved. For the past year his endurance had been overtaxed by the combined du ties as post master and pharmacist. As postmaster he had resigned about a year ago^ but he had%not been re lieved of his duties. ^ - • He leaves a widowed mother, Mrs. R. P. Searson, Sr., one sister, Mrs. J. B. Atkinson, of Spartanburg, three brothers, Messrs. L. A. Searson, of Columbia, R. P. Searson and W. A Searson, of Allendale, and an aunt Mi*s A. -S. Arnold,, of- AUgndalo. The funeral services were conduct ed by his pastor, the Rev. R. E. Hard away, Wednesday afternoon, assistec by the Rev. J. R. Cullom and the Rev W. V. Dibble. All places of business were closed and a concourse of friends and loved ones followed the body to its last resting place in the family lot at Swallow Savannah Cemetery. The profusion qf the floral offerings was an evidence of the high esteem in which this beloved gentleman was held. may conjecture, was to preserve some general election to be held on April 8, j equilibrium, some balance In the econ- 1919, and for the regular general elec tion to be held in November, 1920. It was. moved, seconded and carried that a first primary, subject to the rules and regulations of the-- Demo cratic Party, be held in Allendale County on Tuesday, March 11, 1919, and a second primary, should one be necessary, on March 25; that all can- Ocessary pledges and expense ~ ac counts with W. T. Riley, Jr., Secre tary, on or before 12 o’clock noon of Monday, March 3; , that, for the pur pose of holding such primary elections orecincts should be established at Al- .lendale, Baldock, Bull Pond Fairfax, Millett or Zouave, Sycamore No. 1, Sycamore No. 2, Ulmers and Cherry Hill School House in Wilson township, i>uch township being composed of that portion of Hamplon County cut into Allendale County; that the club rolls used in the Democratic prima- , ries of 1918 should be used in, the pri mary elections to be held on March Uth and March 25th, respectively; j that the following assessments be lev ied upon all candidates: Clerk of Court, $100; Sheriff, $100; Auditor, $55; Treasurer, $55; Judge of Pro bate, $50^ Superintendent of Educa-, tion, $50; Senator, $10* Coroner, $10, j and Magistrates, $5. It was moved, seconded and carried that-the Commissioners should not charge or accept any consicferation for their services rendered as such Com missioners It was moved, seconded and carried that Senator Johnson, of Barnwell County, be requested to introduce in the General Assembly, at its present session, a bill submitting teethe quali fied electors of Allendale Courty the qUMHon ~whether oi—mot Allendale County should issue bonds for road Improvement in a sum not less than $250,D00 and not more than $500,000, the date of thf holding of such elec- ytion to be determined by the Commis sioners " Master Reuben Owensj. tb^ 14-year old son of Mr. Sam Owens, was p^n- . fully injured Monday afternoon v.’den tK t hew s d r - * ~v e -y " — V h fluff an! possibly inte w ral ir-i It is hoped that he will soon recover.* omy of nature. It may be he was placed here to hold In cheek the weed seed and grain eating birds, because weeds were a factor In the past in covering the waste places of the earth and making them fertile. However that may have been, there seems to be no excuse for his existence now since man, the agriculturist, seeds the waste places to useful grains and grasses .and needs BEGIN TO RENEW FOREST* • Otherwise He Thinks the Weather Will, Remain Mild. The Dutch Weather Prophiet, who is usually very accurate in his prognos- uications, has written the foliowring weather forecast for The Columbia State: Indications for comparatively mild weather for the remainder of the win ter are in evidence. One of the indi cations is the Jrioudy, foggy conditions which succeeded the mild and beauti ful period which preceded the present period of precipitation. Aside from any “ground hog super stition” so-called, it ia a notable fact that midwinter which the month of ‘ February ushers in decides one way ' or the other the degree of. tempera ture which will prevail in great meas ure until Spring. The weekly periods of January 9, 16 and 23 were accompanied with rain, yet the next period, January 30, was clear and mild, hut indicting that at another turn of the cycle the weather England and Scotland Hava Alread) Started to Replace Trees Cut Down During the War. England and Scotland are pfepftrin* to replant forests which have been cut to provide war supplies. They are not waiting until peace Is concluded, bin are doing It now. Never before him those countries been-to bare of timber Hunting ranges and sportmg grourni have been sacrificed to supply muni tlon factories at home ’ and aririie* abroad. The old forests were pri marily ornamental 'and Incidental!' useful, hut those v wlilch are now be Ing provided for wilL he primarily use ful and Incidentally ornamental, say* Robert H. Moulton In Popular Meehan les Magazine. In the United States we are not In ao much need of'tree planting ns they are In the BritlRh,isle$. But there are two kinds #f timber which the wai demand has greatly depleted, and they are kinds of much importance—- locust and black walnut. There Is another point to be consid ered in the planting of these trees: They carl he grown on sandy tracts of land which are now considered of no EPIDEMIC OF INFLUENT £ STILL PREVALENT HERE . ' About'25 White Persons 111 Last Week ^—Schools Not to Close, ' ~ 'Z * ‘1, The epidemic of Spanish influenza is still prevalent in and around Barn well and at one time last week threat ened to reach alarming proportions, many new cases haring developed. About the middle of the week an ob servant Barnwell man stated to the writer that he had counted about 2S white persons who were ill with the disease and it is probable that the r of negro patients is much in (excess of this figure. There were many people who advocated a strict quarantine, but that those in authori ty do not consider the situation serious enough for such a measure'* is evi denced by the following letter from Col. Harry D. Calhoun, secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Bafn- well Graded Schools: To the parents and friends of the pub lic schools: We, your trustees, feel in the Very best interest of the children's health would be cloudy with rain before.the ^ n,ue v and t,1u * rpHs,1,n t,u * ls ' nd / .. -w ^and their future education is to keep • ...... , An excellent Illustration of whnt can next period, February 6, to be followed w i ^ without a doubt by fair weather and- , hrmir h the nlnntlni mild temperature The Dutch Weather Prophet, in his ORDER AS TO UNIFORMS. General Peyton C. March, Chief of Staff, Explains Rules. The following order f/om Gen. Pey ton C. March, chief of staff, Washing ton, D. C., relative to officers and en listed men wearing their uniforms af ter having been discharged from the service, has just been made public: “Present -law authorizes a dis charged officer or soldier to wear his uniform from the place of discharge to his home, within three months of the date of his discharge from the service. Thereafter the officer may wear his uniform only upon occasions of ceremony. * “The enlisted man must return his uniform within four months of date of discharge; but can wear it only as stated above. “An act is now before congress ed men to keep the uniform whfcfr they are permitted to wear home and to wear that particular uniform only, provided some distinctive mark or in signia to be issued by the war depart ment shall be worn. “It will thus be clearly seen that neither under existing or proposed law will a discharged soldier be permitted to wear uniforms made by civilian or other tailors. They may legally wear only the particular uniform which thqy have been permitted to retain.” Mr. Macon Bolen t)ead. Willistonj Feb. 8.—On January 21 Mr. Macon Bolen died at his home in Williston, after an illness of only four days with influenza. He was born March 16^ 1873, being the fifth son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Bolen. In early life he became a member of the Mt. Calvary' Church, of which he remainec a member until his death. He was al so treasurer of the Sunday school, by which he will be greatly missed, He had spent the greater part of his life around Calvary, in which section he was bom and reared. Two years ago he moved to, Williston, where he helc the position of constable. Mr. Bolen was a devoted husband, a loving father, a kind brother and an affectionate son. None knew him but >- He leaves a wife and i l children, besides an aged mother, brothers and 3 sisters, to mourn his loss.' The funeral services were con ducted in the Mt Calvary Church nn Will Not Resrd Bible in Schools. the presence of a large number of Tlit' Atlanta iy.anl of education aba*, ^relatives anfl friends by his pastor, the Tokyo to Treblo Its Population. . If plans adopted by a special com mittee are carried out, Tokyo will be come a city with an area of 226 square miles—a startling contrast to its pres ent area of 30 square miles. The Tokyo Asahi claims that the absorption of r the score of suburban cities, some of which the editor says possess larger populations than other principal cities, excepting Osaka, Yokohama, Kobe, Kyoto and Nagoya, will make Tokyo the largest city in the world. Suburban Tokyovnow includes the populous resi dential and Industrial communities of Shinagawa, Meguro, Shibuya, Har- ajuku, Yodbbashi, Nakano, Osaki, Su- gamo and many others. These towns are no longer suburbs, but parts of Greater Tokyo, and the movement Is to bring them under one administra tion. Old New Year's Day. The act for the change of style pro vided that the legal year in England. 1752, should commence, not on the 25th of March, but on the first of Jan uary, and that after the third of Sep tember In that year, the next ensuing day should be held as the 14th, thus dropping out 11 days. > A similar change was made about the same time In Sweden and Tuscany, and Russia and Greece are now the only countries using the old style. The years 1800 and 1900, not being considered by us as leap years, have Interjected two f .^ ve ^ more days, actually making the differ ence .13 days between old and new style. N x - * .HU Advertiai in TT recent regular meeting reversed Itsafc- iion o. h>!iYnler< d the reading of the end repeating ’ho Lord’s prayer in th« public schools of the city. This -inn ens taken by the board-.after Hid reed the address^ of the war r:pn .i the T5rs eYvLanta board *»f edu- d»*li vitred in 187«,, he Georgia ^eiiator de- imcnt against enforcing Bible In the schools. system, designates a “cycle” as em bracing the half of the week—some times three days; at other times four tJays. So it will be seen that in order to bring about indications for mild weather for the immediate future, it rained on the same day of the week for three successive weeks then a cy cle of four days intervened and the rain came again at the opportune time to prove the rule. The Dutch Weather Prophet has >een asked if he thinks the weather ! in the Spring will be cold enough to 1 retard preparations for cotton plant- • ing. t The outlook in this respect for unfavorable weather is not a matter so much of temperature as precipita tion, which bids £air to retard soil preparation the coming Spring « In making the above inquiry an ed itorial friend suggested that if cold weather should prevail at cotton Wanting time, it would help to carry :he price to 35 cents. The remedy for a higher price is in the hands of the farmer. He must cut-the acreage one-thind while he is holding the pres ent crop. The world will then real ize that he is in earnest. The Dutch Weather Prophet be- ieves that a cotton famine will pre vail during the period embraced in the years 1914-21. . If the acreage be cut one-third it will contribute to such an occurrence. The successive short crops of 1915-18 will be duplicated du ring the full seven-year period. The atmosphere of the earth has been ing useless land throngh the planting of trees hnsrbeen carried out during the Inst six or eight years by « res ident of Whiteside county, Illinois. In these years he has accomplished the seemingly Impossible task of turning ren os the desert of Sahara. Into • flourishing forest. Nor Is that all; for this forest, acting as a sand bind er. has been the means of saving other fertile acres from the Inroads of the drifting sand, and the total result be ing that the farm has Increased sev eral times in value. The sandy tracts, which, before being planted to tree*, were practically worthless, are now worth anywhere from $50 to $100 an •ere. * / HOLYOKE HAS LOST HONOR Town Officially Declared Not to Havo Been the Birthplace of Juniut __ Spencer Morgan. n omen a -which- -these- forecasts Holyoke, Mass., which has long claimed the honor of being the birth place of Junlua Spencer Morgan, grand father of the preaent J. P. Morgan, has been shorn of this fame by tho town of West Springfield. This decision has been rendered by the Connecticut Val ley Historical society. The explanation lies in the fact that the present city of Holyoke was for merly a part of tha town of West Springfield and that, contrary to Holy oke’s contention, and the assumption of the Morgan family, the site of the ancestral home of Junius Spencer Mor gan la still Included within the boun daries of West Springfield, though by a narrow margin. The present J. P. Morgan received an opportunity to perpetuate family his tory In West Springfield through the in appealed to his the schols open, as we are throwing every precaution around them to pro tect thAn from the influenza, as the teachers are required to observe each child daily and, if he or she shows any signs of sickness, is not to admit them and we have asked the parents to as sending theis children that have c< or if there is any influenza in their homes, and w^ especially ask that no child that has recovered from the fin be sent to school for one week after they are well. There is lots of colds and fever incident to this time of year and possibly we have not tekm that into consideration as every child that is sick not necessarily has tha infha* enza, however, your Board of Trns- tees are only your servants and of course we are subject to the wishes off the parents of the children, but at this time we do not feel that we should close the schools, for if we lost another month, with the losses we havo al ready made, it seems to us that it would not be prudent to open again until next Fall, and we appeal to yen to give us your very best advice and judgment in the matter, as we would not subject any child to undue health conditions for anything, as thair health comes first. Mr. Morgan, our Superintendent, has a mild case of what seems to bn the flu at this time. He held his reg ular services at Blackville Sunday af ternoon, the 2nd insL, feeling perfect ly well^and the following day he felt badly enough to leave the school rooaa, but he hopes to be back in a few days to his post. In the meantime, we havu a substitute for him. Respectfully submitted,. — ^— Harry D. Calhoun. outlined as causing a paucity in the Morgan was unresponsive, the contest fertility of all rainfall especially since between Holyoke and West Springfield 1917, which has been especially unfa* /orable to the maximum production of fiber crops, of which cotton is jdiief throughout the world. I will withhold my prediction of the size of the next cotton crof> until the planting season is under way. In order that no misinterpretation be placed upon my forecast for com paratively mild winter weather from this date forward, it may be expected that in March disagreeable periods as to wind and temperature will occur. Dutch Weather Prophet. for birthplace honors progressed mer rily and was settled only recently. .Obituary. ) Rev. J. ,D. peacock, and his body Ujd to rest tft 4 the adjoining churchyard. Peaceful be thy silent slumber, Peaceful in thy grave so low; Thou no more wili join our number, .Thou no more our sorrows know. f** tafgrtteir, * Never will your memory fade; Loving thoughts will ever linger. Around the grave where you are laid. *■ : / - ^ Mrs. J. it* Bplen.. .In sad but loving remembrance of my dear little niece, Margaret Knopf, who departed this life Feb.* 12, 1918. Just one year ago today you left us And went to heaven above, And I hope to meet you there In the happy land of love. We mourn the loss of our dear one As we did our best to save; Beloved on earth, regretted gone, Remembered in the grave. Not in anger, not in wrath, The reaper came that dayr Twas for a place in paradise He bore the flower away. Tis hard to break the tender* cord When love has bound the heart; Tis hard, so hard, to speak the word, We must forever part. Her aunt, 3anie Lou Still. ■ Dr. D. K/Brig^and. Mr. % Tom Walsh r of Blackville, were visitors to the county seat Monday morning. - So far no clue di* (Muftis T< hnson, the young negro who shot apd' .iFed Jim Hill, aLo colored, on the sireete of Barnwell on the night of L1 fche lit irat. Wb< he way headed in * v - Aviators? Ailments. Rarefied air affects the aviator an well as his engine, and those who plan to make flying a regular vocation or to make frequent flights to a consider able height are liable to find difficul ties In adjusting themselves to the new conditions. Etienne and Lamy re ported to the French Academy of Med icine that enlargement of the heart develops In all aviators. In ascending to an altitude where the atmospheric pressure is half that normal to the body or less, extra work is suddenly thrown upon the heart, and if this Is repeated often or long continued some adjustment is the natural course. The hypertrophy seems to vary In degree with the height frequented. Chasing and bombing airplanes usually fly above 15,000 feet, and the heart en largement Induced Is greater than among the groups of filers who keep [youing manhood In the zone from 3,000 to 10,000 feet above aea level. Lee Allen Easterling Dead. /* But There Was a Difference. Here Is a story concerning thur Pinero. It appears that he was on the point of rehearsing a new play, the rehear sal being timed to begin at eleven o’clock. Looking around at the assembled company, he noticed that one lady was absent. “Where is Miss Blank?” asked Sir Arthur sharply of hi* stage manager. “She - has permission to come at 11:30,” was the reply, “as she Is wash ing her In ad.” “Nonsense,” growl'd Sir Arthur, In pretended nncor, as'he took off his hat. diKphiving hls-hald head. “Why, i -Wash my liumr everif inornlng, yet l ling, ■i in VA*r l4J*,,r3L A'm ^Y~i "i Mr. C. ko route y*y. Though not unexpected, the news off the death of Mr. Lee Allen Easter ling, the 18-year old son of Mr. maff Mrs. B. L. Easterling, which occurred about 12 o’clock Sunday night, came as a great shock to his friends and cast a deep gloom over the people of Barn well. This popular young man bad been sick for two weeks with influ enza, followed by double pneumonia, nd in spite of his brave fight for life, the skill of physicians and ths ender nursing of loving hands were powerless to stay the summons off ths ¥~ Grim Reaper. Possessed of a most lovable diapo- ■ition, Lee Allen numbered his friends by the score and was loved and esteem-* ed by young and old. He was always polite find obliging and his ready amils won its way into the hearts of thoes among whom he was growing to a of great promise. The ways off*siT All-Wise Providence are inscrutable and it is not given, ts mortal man to understand why loved ones are cut down in the flower* aff their youth. “The Lord giveth vpd the Lord hath taken away; blessed he the name of the Lord. w The body of Mr. Easterling * tenderly laicf to rest Mdhd noon in'the Baptist Churchyard, the Rev. W. M. Jones, of Williston, and the Rev. L. E. Peelef^qf Barnweflt conducting the funeral service? in the presence of a large number of so ing relatives and sympathetic friendiE* The profusion of floral offerings was evidence of the esteem in which ht was held. He is survived by his jm- rt.ifcs, one brother, Mr Eugene Easteft* d Wo * ; 8ier3 y Misses ETj-vW 'M -m r* ’n^terimg. who Grimes, was the first subscriber to dispel * ijrefe r ■vi T. , / 'W * *% i ’ r uwmfouiikv in their- dark hour May the C’-eat Physician hearts* and Time i their sorrow. i