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r V . •jr , * / • V r ■ 'V : V M Ju»t Like a Member of the Family' 9 V— /VOL. XLII^ BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 6TH •H, 1919. NUMBER 2C 1919 LEGISLATURE HAS ACCOMPUSHED GOOD WORK 1, LIBERALITY c IN APPROPRIA TIONS WAS MARKED FEA- " ' TURE OF SESSION. NO GOOD R0ADS IS ; A DISAPPOINTMENT Two of Barnwell County’s Represen- tatives Voted to Carry the _ Matter Over. Many Legislatures have been tfis- >icu<yis leg- LIEUT. BARNWELL HONORED. £ fj-" tinguished for many conspicuo islative landmarks. There will prob ably be no landmarks for the General Assembly which adjourned at 7 o’ clock Sunday morning, unless they be for liberality in appropriations, necessitated by the growth of the State, the beginning of a compulsory education system, the sparing of the tax commission, and the partial in troduction into the machinery of the State of what is known as the budget system. A Conspicuous Feature. Fhe most conspicuous feature of the (^4neral Assembly that has been in session in Columbia for forty-seven days, was the good feeling that was manifest. Years ago when Tillman- ism and Bleaseism and the other 4 ‘isms” were at white heat, there was the most tempestuous display of feel ing and the vote on certain measures^ 811 * Gereral.” was as clearly shown as is the geo logical formation of the up country as distinguished from the coastal region. This political difference seems to be almost entirely obliterated. There was no mention whatever of it during the debates either in the House or Sen ate, and on the one or two occasions on which it was mentioned, it was done so in an apologetic manner. Taken as a whole, the session has been a good one. Bfhch that has been thought to be needfuVJegislation was not enacted. Much that Was urged by Govemot* Cooper was deth^ed. Much that many members pointed out as constructive legislation was post poned, but taken as a whole, the ses sion has been profitable for the Stat£. Beginnings have been made in certain . lines of development, particularly for the public schools, and there has been , no destructive or hurtful legislation. Tax Commission Not Disturbed. Some folks think that the most creditable action of the General As sembly was in continuing the life of the State Tax Commission am| giving it a further chance to show its good accomplishments. At all events, the tax commission was not disturbed and through the instrumentality of the * Senate it not only has a longer lease of usefulness, but provision was made by giving it money for it to be able to better show its possibilities. For - years amt years “taxatlbrPand liquor ;ve been the predominent issues. ^krttxation continues to be. Efforts were ^^r^de to enact what were regarded # as constructive measures in this line, that is^ to provide for p survey. of the State, but the General Assembly absolutely refused to do anything fur ther than to spare the life of the tax commission and' allow it to continue its present efforts. Liquor was not even a ghost. There was no effort one way or another to change the ^present quart a month statute, to amend the law with reference to the enforcement or to do anything to in volve the liquor question, the pre- sumption being that the federal stat utes would take care of that situation. The only mention of liquor during the entire session was the consideration and adoption of what is known as the tonic and bitters bill, which requires anyone buying any of these prepara tions to sign a certicate that the pur chase of these articles iis fo* Tne- dical purposes and not for a bever- i age. Distinguished Service Cross for This , Officer. The following is a copy of the no tice sent to Lieut. Frank Hayne Barn well. Although he was in the First regular division, and from Tennessee, his father, Isaac Hayne Barnwell, lived in Charleston many years: -“From: The Adjutant General of the Army. “To: The Commanding Officer, U. S. A. General Hospital, No. 6, Fort Mc Pherson, Georgia. “Subject: Distinguished Service Cross for Frank H. tfamwell. “This office has been advised by the commanding general, American expe- dtionary forces, that he has awarded the distinguished service cross to Sec ond Lieut. Frank H. Barnwell, Twen ty-sixth infantry, for . tjie following act: “He distinguished himself by heroic and inspiring leadership at Soissons, France, July 18, 1918, directing his -platoon with unusual effectiveness un til he fell wounded. “The quarfermaster general of the army has been directed to have the cross for Lieut. Barnwell sent to you and the Secretary of War directs that upon its receipt you cause the same to be presented to the officer with ap propriate ceremonies. (Signed) “Ralph Harrison, Adju- Your Subscription Has Expired, ; or will empire on the first of April, 1919, if there is a blue ring around the label on your paper this week. On account of sickness, we have been forced to neglect our mailing list for the past few weeks, being unable to mail statements to those ; subscribers - whose subscriptions werej&bg** to ©expire, and are, therefore, taking this method of re- mipdmgthem that if they wish the regular weekly visits of Th$ Peo ple to continue, they must renew before April 1st. If the date on your paper reads “Jan. 19,” “Feb. 1§,” “Mar. 19” or “Apr. 10,” you come within the number and we hope to receive your renewal by retur^biail. Help us to give you a better papef* each week by keeping your subscription paid in advance. ACREAGE REDUCTION IS ! -NOW WARMLY SUPPORTED' / Attention veterans. Camp Morrall to Meet at Meyer’s Mill April 4th. FARMERS THROUGHOUT COUJI- ty' readily agree to join . IN MOVEMENT. TO HOLD BOLL WEEVIL • MEETINGS IN COUNTY Mr. Luther D. Fuller,. Agricultural Field Agent, Names Dates. ious were the legislators to show tlie results of the concentration of the educational development, Senator Laney, who has heretofore been op- oosed to compulsory education, stated that the statute was made possible by virtue of the effect of legislation that has been enacted within the last few years. Only this year provision- was made for a minimum school term of seven months for every school in the State. The appropriation bill shows that practically $750,000 is now available from the State Treasury as an encouragement for the various phases of public school work. Vari ous of the subsidies, so to speak, were increased at the present session. Big Disappointment of Session. The disappointment of the session, of course, is thst no good roads leg islation was enacted. Whatever may have been the cause, the result is the same, and that is that nothing was done, except that a great deal of mis sionary work has been accomplished. Frankly the greatdifficulty in the sit uation is the existence of county lines. Senator Young, of Charleston, em phasized this when he made his ap- i peal *tb'‘the Senate to get a vision of the State as a whole and to develop a system for South Carolina and not for the individual counties, ahd that what ever is done must be with the curtain down tm xounty lines. W henever this condition can be brought about and whenever there can be a realization that tHe project must be for • South Carolina as a whole, and not by indi vidual counties and the county lines can be temporarily lorgotten, then, and then only, will an adequate scheme be developed. There is un questionably a decided sentiment in favor of good roads, but the trouble has bgen that non© Of the pending bills could focus this sentiment on the State idea to the exclusion of the county thought. The Senate was overwhel mingly in favor of a State-wide de velopment. The House was not. Some think that the fear of the$25,- 000,000-bond issue was the trouble. It 'may have had its effect, but the over shadowing trouble was the realiza tion and the question mark as to how th© legislation would effect the indi vidual county. Some day something along the lines of what the Senate proposed and that incorporated in the measure submitted by the joint com mittee of the House will find its way on the statute book. .Mr. Luther D. Fuller, agricultural agent of the Southern Railway Com pany, announces that he will hold boll weevil meetings at the following towns in Barnwell County on the* dates named: _ Blackvllle, Friday, March 4th, at 9 o’clock a. m.; Willis- ton, March 4th, at 1:30 p. m.; Barn well, Saturday, March 5th, at 1:30 p. m. A meetifig will also be heeld at Allendale on the 15th inst., at 9 ‘o’ clock a. m. In making this announce ment, Mr. Fuller has the following to say in regard to the boll weevil: “He will make his appearance be fore you are ready for him. Many farmers have been caught unprepared and old Bill Boll Weevil has run them off the farm. Start your preparation for him this season and do not let him catch you next year or the year after. Experts who have had practical ex perience in the Boll Weevil fight of the /infested States will give you facts which you should know. Attend^the 'nearest meeting and get your neighs bor to do so. If you fight the Wec^ vil and your neighbor does not, it in jures you. He "has brought ruin to many farmers, artd wealth to many others. This part of South Carolina las no climatic advantages over Ala bama or Mississippi, so do not think that the weevil will do no damage. If you are not prepared for him when le gets you, then you need not bother about looking for cotton pickers, be cause the Boll Weevil will attend to that. “It is requested that negro farm ers also attend the meetings. Meet ings to begin promptly on the hour. Do not be late.” Of course, the record as to^good roads is not an en tire blank. Many of the counties that realize the utter importance of this development are undertaking to built YOUNGEST COUNTY PAS JOINED IN MOVEMENT .V * Allendla Audience Hears Harris 1 Tell of Plans to Cut Acreage. M:—“Be Allendale, MarchM'.—“Before an other pound of cdtton is grown and ginned in this ^country you are going to see cotton sell at 35 cents a pound,” emphatically daclared Commissioner | of Agriculture Harris at the “pledge : redemption day” meeting held here Friday afternoon, which was attended by a large gathering of farmers. Mr. Harris exerted himself in urg ing the farmers to decrease their cot ton acreage, cut their fertilizer and hold their cotton, declaring “We have never had the manhood tp say to the world ‘You have got to pay our price for our cotton.’ There are men in this audience who have been raising cotton long enough to be millionaires, but you have, not given enough atten tion to the selling end—you have| given all your time to the production end.” Commissioner Harris criticised the work of Secretary of Agriculture Houaton and charged that Rockefeller ©pntrolled that department. “We have got the situation in hand and we are going to hold the cotton,” declared Commissioner Harris. “There has been a great cooperative waste in this county. There are three classes that make up business, the farmer first because of production, the banker t The annual reunion of Camp George W. Morrall will be held at Meyer’s Mill on Friday the 4th day of April l next, at 11 o’clock sharp. The Hon. Edgar A. Brown will be with us and j will deliver tfie oration for the occas ion.. At the same time and place the United Sons of Veterans of Camp B. B. Kirkland will meet with usf. The ladies and the public are cor dially invited to supplimenl the at tendance with their presence accom panied by the usual number of bas kets well filled with something good to eat. • . - All veterans of the county are ear nestly urged to be with us as the Camp is growing old and will s^tyi be a thing of the past, so a full attend ance will be appreciated..* The musical features will be as meritorious as heretofore, so come on. Y* J. Staff Halford. Commander. J. A. Meyer, Adjutant. NEW ORLEANS PLAN ADOPTED IN STATE After Enthusiastic Meeting in Barn well Friday, Signing of Pledges Is Progressing in Good/Rate. 3t. Death of J. O. Brunson. Allendale, March 4.—Our communi ty was saddened Friday when the news of the death of one of our be loved and best citizens, Mr. J. O. Brunson, was made . known. Mr. Brunson suffered s paralytic stroke about two years ago. * Though he partly recovered from it he never re gained full recovery, and for four weeks past he gradually became weak er, until at one o’clock on Thursday night the end came. Surrounded by his loved ones and friends, he passed off as quietly and as peacefully as a child going to sleep. The writer was it his home and as we sat by his bedside trying to do next bic'.7«"he"iTthe'fi'wncieT,"the j * on,e li ‘ tl * ^ ° r tol ‘* n J 0 / , h * ,p . hi “; business man next. If we are to have ” ' ould . b “ t thmk ^ ^ of His tender mercies, how he had spared this good man and devoted father to live to that ripe old age of roads on their own account, and have Voted either directly or for a county I Mr. Bradford is chairman, it showed w/a a. WA m m - - - A _ J _ — A. 1 * _ 1 A ♦ d-k 1 % s-w« « V- Q* CT l\f\ ^ In the Ihterest of Education. If there is to be any distinguished service medal awarded to the mem bers of the General Assembly,' it will be for the educational work that was done at this session. True, Governor Cooper and others wanted the Gen eral Assembly to enact a seven- months’ compulsory school attend ance law. The original bill was in troduced along this line, but it passed the House by an overwhelming vote der the compromise of compulsory tendance for eighty days, and this considered a very long step for ^ard and % beginning of the develop ment of this idea. On the Senate side the bin wa» record vote, so unanimous was the Commission it would be able to ae- dacisien along-Gwa linr,-and so m- complish much more than at present, but even this was not done. t Two of Barnwell County’s repre sentatives, Dr. E. W. Ellis, of Meyer’s Mill, ahd Mr. G. W. Hutson, of Elko, voted to carry the good roads legisla tion over until the 1920 session. Rep resentative Davis, of Barnwell voted against this motion, believing that the people of the State wanted and de manded a better system of road-build ing than now exists. The sum of $200,000 was appropri ated for the erection of memorial halls the University of l&outh Carolina and the negro college at Orangeburg to commemorate the valor of South Carolinians in the world war. Some Curious Phases of Legislation. A rather curious phase of the legis lative work this year was the ease with which some of the larger propo sitions were either adopted or defeat ed and the unexpected debates upon what were apparently measures of minor importance. The one issue that was discussed pro and con from every angle was the tax commission. One of the interesting developments was^the creation of Allendale County at this session -of the General Assem bly by the enactment of a statute car rying out the will of the voters in the territory involved. , How Appropriationf Bill Passed. , The very first thing that the Gen eral Assembly did when it came to Columbia was to provide for increases of aalaries^ raising salary to $5,000 a year other salaries in the same proportion The fact is that a study of the figures show all salaries of those connected with the State government, have been increased on an average of a little ov er 20 per cent at the present session. When the appropriation bill left the ways and means committee, of which prosperity in the South the three must organize and cooperate. We have been backward in our duties in the de- ; velopment of the South, but I am glad to see that we at last realize what is ^ necessary, and I heartily indorse the plan under which we are now work ing.” ' seventy four, to raise a family of fine young men and women and to be spared to see all of them grown up 1 and able to take care of tbemaelves, | and then quietly and without a mur- A great number of pledges have *7*^’ been signed in this county, the young est in South Carolina, and committees His last few hours reminded us of s beautiful rose after unfolding its are now hard at work in every school bc » ut l r * nd fr*<f»nce of gold its duty district. All of the larger farmera of j '* don « \ nd K r » du » l >y this aection have signified their inten-j fade5 leaving only a memory tion to cut their cotton acreage this j of what lt h » d been - 80 w »» “>* K ood man; he came to this world as a child And grew to manhood, served a pur- year. a consequence of the undertakings ; pose good and faithful and then af- and the developments of the various ' ter his duty was done he gave it all up, phases of State activities, cost the tax- [ feeling that the struggle was over, payers nine mills, which Mr. Chris- j He served faithfully through the.War ten sen says is not Otie-half* as much ; Between the States, and ca#ie back per capita as is paid by the average State in the Union. A very interesting development of the legislative session revolved around to his old home and took up life anew, and as we think and ponder over the frailities af the }mman life we can only believe that God spared this good man State fire insurance. Under the Banks | in that awful war to be of greater ser- bill, which was vetoed by Governor [ vice to his country than if he had giv- Manning, provision was made for the j en up his life in battle. No better cit- insurance of cotton in State ware- j izen and neighbor could be found than houses through the sinking fund com- j he was, always ready to aid the weak, mission. Governor Manning vetoed ^or sick, or helpless with his attention the bill largely because the insurance IVrf works and deeds. He was faithful might have involved the general funds '' D dawwxtwKow of the sinking fund commission, that Baptist Church, served as deacon for a number of yeaers. When in years gone by the membership of his church dwindled down, either by death or were held ' in part for the re demption of State bonds, and the ve to was sustained. Then Senator Banks 'had the Senate pass a bill providing j moving away, he stood to his post and for the insurance of cotton in State I kept the doors of the church open, al- warehouses through the sinking fund j ways ready to pay and keep the ex commission, restricting the hazard to | penses fully paid up. $5,000 on any one locatiqp, and provid- j Mr. Brunson would have been sev- ing that onjy the insurance money.* enty four years old in June. He leaves held by the sinking fund t?ommission j behind to motim his death a devoted should be liable. The bill passed the - wife and six children as follows: Mr. the Governor’s Senate, went to the House and passed , j. o. Brunson, of Salt Lake City, yand increasing there and was ordered ratified in the Lutah; Dr. Charlie Brunson, #ome- ... j ast moments of the session, and will ; where in France; E. W. and McGregor go to the Governor for his approval, j Brunson, of Allendale, and two The sinking fund commission has daughters, Mrs. W. C. Gray and Mig* done a conspicuously successful busi-| Jessie Brunson, besides a host of ness in the matter of insuring public,! grand-children and many friends. His buildings such as State colleges, court ; funeral was held at Smyrna Church by houses and other State and county in-; his pastor, Rev. J. R. Cullum., and stitutions. At-a recent session of the his body was tenderly laid to rest at referendum for funds with which to develop and build permanent roads. This will aggregate by bond issues probably $2,000,000 this year, anda list of the counties that want to act inde pendently and not wait on the pro posed State highways are such coun ties as Anderson, Chester, Allendale, Horry and Charleston. So after all there will be much done. If the«iuto- mobile license tax alone were turned .DVar in hulk to-tha State Hiyl an aggregate of about $3,600,000. The House adopted the report made by Mr. Bradford’s committee with practically no changes. When the bill was report ed to the Senate by the finance com- mittee r of which Mr. Christensen is chairman, after a succinct and clear- cut presentation of the whole situa tion by Chairman'Christensen, the ap^ propria tion bill, carrying more than $4,000,000 in the appropriation was ^without - a motiop~4o - ehaege any item from the floor of the Sen ate. The budget for this year will, as General Assembly this insurance was extended to brick and concrete pub lic school buildings, and at the present session it was further extended to protect wooden school throughout the State. the old family burying grounds on the Brunson plantation. Dearest friend, thou hast left us, i but your memory and many words of buildings r advice will always ding to us. May the good Heavenly Father, who J. Lawton Box. In spite of the fact that it had not been possible to complete all arrange ments for Cotton Acreage Reductiom Day in-time to advertise the event thoroughly, a representative body of farmers of both races, together with a number of merchants and other bus iness men, met in Barnwell JFriday with the determination to sign the pledge to reduce their 1910 cotton acreage, hold their 1918 crop and see . that every farmer in the county doee likewise, one of the speakers going so far a's to suggest that if Juiy man breaks his pledge, his neighbon should meet and plow up the surplus acreage. The meeting was called to order in “The Circle” by Edgar A. Brown, Esq., who explained its nature and then introduced the first speaker, A. J. Salinas, a prominent cotton factor of Augusta. Mr. Salinas made s short concise talk in which he urged the farmers to cut their acreage and hold their present crop. Mr. Salinas was followed by J. Julien Bush, Esq., and Chss. Carroll Simms, Esq., and at the conclusion of the letter's address a shower of rain forced the crowd ad 1,500 or 2,000 people to seek shelter. The meeting was concluded in thq Court House, which was crowded te its capacity, many being unable to get in. Other speakers on the program were J. O. Patterson, Esq., Dr. A. B. Patterson, Col. Harry D. Calhoun and Mayor J. A. Porter, all of Barnwah; Dr. W. C. Smith, of Williston, and Mr. D. W. Brown, of Meyer's Mill. Ex cellent addresses were made by all these gentlemen, each of stressed the importance of the ment, and Mr. Porter was loudly when he advised the fi to sign the pledge “and die by it.” As for himself, he said that he was wft- ling to agree not to plant a single acre if 20,000 other Urge planUn would do the same. The speeches' interspersed with music by a band. A number of prominent from over the State had been invited to be present, bat for various they found it impossible to attend meeting. However, they could have explained the upportance of tlm holding movement more clearly ar forcibly than dfid the gentlemea above. One matter for regret was failure to secure an aeroplane, to ing which many had looked foi with keen interest. The following ter from Lieut. Edward M. Hotter tp Mr. S. B. Moseley will explain ths non-appearance of the avaitor: “Lieut. Cantwell handed me your letter which he received this morning in regard to an Airplane flying to your town. “I took this matter up with Major Peek and he said it would be Unjina sible to send an airplane down thin Saturday as the country between Cn- lumbia and Barnwell is very unfit for .cross country work, especially the heavy rains of late; also there no orders from Washington authoris ing exhibition flights. “I am very sorry that we cannot b* of help in this good cause, but knam, you will understand the circumstancas forbidding the trip.” , The signing of the reduction pledged is going forward at a most gratify ing rate, the farmers who refuse to sign being few and far between. In dications now are that within the next few days practically every farmer fit Barnwell County will have signified is intention of reducing his acreage, a resolution being passed at Friday^ meeting to publish the names of all those who refuse to sign. The recent decision of the Supreme j was so good to spare him so long, be k Court, which held that game laws a comfort to those that are now full could not be enacted for the various 0 f sorrow and sadness, counties, but must be general in char- j acter, necessitated the passage in the j closing hours of the session of a bill } The House provided $100,000 for the th,t wwli wariT ■am idtt-frfWttapBWt 'drWiffilrejtfofi tor" provide the State with a license syt- feeble-minded. The Senate thought tem for hunters. ~ , $50,000 sufficient for the year. The Whole State in Line. Columbia, Feb. 28.—South Carolina has taken the step. The fight jy en. From all but a few counties in the State reports were received Friday tk the offices of the State central cm* mittee in charge of the work of the cotton association. All of these in- ports state them were large aUmibsh ■aiMtiiss ■uii < more determination has