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r j THE BARNWELL PEOPLE ^ Ent«vd ai the pont office at Barnwell, S. C., ns second-class matter. JOMM W. HOLIES 1840-1912 B. P. DAVIKS, Fxlitor and Proprietor. THURSDAY,. APRIL. 3RD.,. 1919. i i i * • Acreage Reduction. As we ttuve remarked before, the necessity for a reduction of the cotton acre a [re is4o apparent that any com ment thereon seems superfluous, yet the movement ic lagfrin^r in Barnwell County, in spite of the fact that stren uous efforts have been made to pet the farriers to' d'^n the plerfcfc. Accord- in/? to the government*!* report pf the number of acres planted’in 1918 and the Tabulating Committee's report of the nuniber to be planted this year, it will be seen that only about fiO per cent, of the acreage has been account ed for. So far as its effect upon the price of cotton at this time is con cerned, farmers might almost as well not reduce if they are-unwilling for the reduction to be made known to the world. There has been too much time, money and effort spent in furthering the movement to allow it to meet with failure. The Barnwell County Com* mittee has taken a full page this week to impress upon the farmers the Mcessity for a reduction in acreage and the importance of signing 4he pledge. .?!*nting time is almost at hand nrd it is very' desirable that a complete report he mnde to the South Carolina Cotton Association before that time. Most encouraging reports are lodng received from every State in the cotton licit and it is sincerely hoped that Barnwell County, in which the movement was first Will not fall behind. Kvcry farmer who h»«s not already done so is urged to sign the reduction pledge am) for ward it to Barnwell at once. For their convenience a copy of the pledge ia published in the Committee's adver tisement • Give this matter your attention to day j A superstitious subscriber, who found a spider in his paper, wants to %now if it is considered a bad omen Nothing of the kind The spider was juet looking over the columns of the paper to see what merchants were not «#r*rt'*ing so that it could spin its web across hia store door and be free from disturbance. P * A. M. Kennedy for Senator. u I L (Political Advertisement.) Whrs it became known that there would be a vacancy in the represen- tabon of Barnwell County in the State Senate several gentlemen, from eariou- sections re«iue*lfd~mc to of fer my serva^a to o,* CO unty to fill the .uaosppid term of Senator John- ^son 1 felt constrained tv» decline this rto |fnero»is proposal for two reasons: ^ ' 'First: Because of the fact that cw ^CLITICS (I use the word sdvised- Ul y: I do not mean service) is very uJ* Hstnstcful to me, it ^always, having ^2 repugnant to my nature to SEEK -'/•nray nfFfcc'Tfr the gift trf ffir^pcuplt'r 7 " « Secondly: I felt that a faithful dis- • charge of duty in this office would involve a great sacrifice on my part. Within the past few days I have been urged by many business men to reconsider my former resolutions and, having long been convinced of the fact that too few’ of our business men— men who are identified with the in dustrial and commercial life, as well as the agricultural life of our country —take the interest that they should 'take in our State’s affairs, I have de- ■ cided that I can no longer adhere to ^ this conviction and at the same time be unresponsive to the wishes of those gentlemen who have realized the in difference. I have therefore stated to them that I am ready for service and, if the people of Barnwell County feel that I can serve them acceptably, I am at their command and if chosen as their representative will endeavor to discharge the duties incumbent upon me as a public servant and not as a promoter of individual interests. ~ ~ A. M. Kennedy, Williston, S. C., March 25, 1919. * Victory Bonn Department. • • • • •»**»**»••»«••* This space in our county newspa pers will be used from this date until the end of the drive for the Fifth Liberty Loan, to keep before pur peo ple the items of interest connected with the drive. . We certainly appre- emte deeply the courtesy and patriotic spirit of our editors; we could do very little for “publicity" without their able help.- This week we are giving a brief article by our State Publicity Chair man, Miss Jean A. Flinn, and one by our County Chairman, Miss Barrett. 'Next week \ve will have other Jnter- e«,king news, -' Mrs. W. H. Duncan, County Publicity Chairman, Woman's Liberty Loan Committee. Women. ~ / On March 20th a meeting of the County Chairmen for the Victory Lib- erty Loan was held at the Ridgewood Country Club in Columbia. The meeting was well planned and the meeting successfully carried out. 1 hose who attended the meeting were brought face to face with the fact that we will soon be engaged in an other Liberty Loan Campaign desig nated as the “Finishing Fifth.” ‘‘The Victorious Fifth.”, As we enter into his campaign we need to remember that we have cause to be grateful that Ac* have the privilege of being en-. caged in work for a VICTORY Loan, f tor only a short while ago we thought that at this time \ye would be en gaged in the great Sjfring drive to overcome the enemy on the battle field. I^t us show our boys that we are not ’css willing and eager to provide me ins to bring them back home and to put them in business again and to take care of them while they recuper ate than we were*willing and eager to Aenpona to kill. Some may lie discouraged and say, ‘We can't carry out this loan” but, by perseverance, determination and ef- f ort we will knock the *T” out of C-A-N-T. The following is a list of the naifile of the women who have been appoint ed to serve as chairmen of local com mittees in the various school districts of Barnwell County: Mias Kulalee Turner, Mrs. S. H. AUtbrook, Mias Ellen Carter. Mrs O. E. Crouch, Mrs. Pat Mitchell, Mias Maude Jenkins, Mrs. O. H. Morns, Mrs. Green Ham- •on. Mrs. Preston Morris, Mrs. Lee Lancaster, Mias Ida belk, Miaa Ruth Hatterree, Mrs. Herman Brown. Mrs. ‘'hartie Hartxog, Mrs. M. B. Self, Miss Eunice Weathersbee. Mrs. T. S. Cave, Mrs. P. F. Parker, Miss Bettie Hol man. Mrs. Willie Hair, Jin. B. F. HaHey, Mrs W. H. Boyles, Mrs. Lit re Dicky. Mn: B O. Morris, Miss M?ry kay. Mrs Arthur McKertey, Mrs. Annie Laurie Manuel, Mrs. Wil de Weeks, Mrs. Ashleigh Push, Miss May Owens, Mrs. Nick Croft, Miss Frauline Kay, Mima Sallie Bates, Misa Mamie Miller Bailey, and Mrs. T. G. Cobb. 4 ""Clifford Barrett, County Chairman. Woman’s Liberty Ix>an Committee. “The Oaks” Des troyed by Fire Yesterday A. M. 1 ' .i.'I “The Oaks,” for many years ‘ the home of the yA Id rich family, was des troyed by tire yesterday (Wednesday) morning. The blaze was first discov ered about nine o'piock on the coot, which Was old and as dry as tinder, in a remarkably short tiimr- the entire building was in flames and for a while I it was feared that the barns and sta* hies would also be burned. However, they were saved by hard work. The house, which was about 100 years old and was an old Barnwell landmark, wns occupied by Mr. T. D. Creighton and family, who succeeded in saving only a part of their household goods. The ex tent of their loss is not known and it is understood that there was no insur ance. . ♦ o ♦ —. Dr. David M. Ramsay, president of the College for women at Greenvilld, will preach at the Williston Baptist Church at 11:30 o’clock Sunday morn ing, April 0. The public is invited. * ROUSES HENS FROM INACTION Theory aa^fo Bcnofit c*f Use of Arti ficial illumination V/ould Seem to Be Plausible. y Iv can artificial Illumination hnva any effect .on egg production, l» the question being U!*kod by some skep tical !«>uUryujcn who have never made any teats. The answer is, according to thq workers in |M>ultry husbandry nt tin* New York state college of agriculture. Ihnt the light appears to equalize the ttnu^ between inenlft and to shorten the period of Inactivity of the fowls dur ing the long nights. The long nights of the late fall and winter months apparently muse the Itnili to Mii > torifpr uninurUon af RAISE HOGS AT LFSS COST. - . You ran .easily do tlua. by .giving- them a few doses of B. A. THOMAS’ HOG POWDER every week. It caus es your hegs to digest and assimilate •II the ford that is fed them. It is a » onic and conditioner, thereby causing your hogs to fatten in shorter time and on less feed. For sale by all good dealers. Death of Mr. B. W. Whaley. Chaingang Mules for Sale. m Six of the county chaingang mules will be sold to the highest bidder for cash in front of the Court House on salesday an this month, Monday March 7th. County Board of Commissioners. I ; How’s This? Wt offer On* Hundred Dollars Reward far any case of Catarrh that cannot be cwrad by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. ?. Hall’s Catarrh Medicine has been taken by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty- flws years, and has become known as the most reliable remedy for Catarrh. Hall's Ctotarrh Medicine acts thru the Blood on He Mucous surfaces, expelling the Pot- tbe Meed sad l^aMng the die- you will see a Pita your asesral Hall's (.'s’srrh Med! A M. In loving remembrance of my hus band, B. W. Whaley, who departed this life the 22nd of January. A dear and loving husband and a kind and devoted father from us has gone, but every year the Father calleth some loved one to endless rest, and the heart thus filled with anguish can but cry “He knoweth best.” But a year, not distant cometh when we tread the vast unknown, we shall find my dear est one seated round the great white throne. Sleep on dear Ben and take thy rest. We loved thee well but Jesus loved thee best. In the ceme tery quietly resting in a lone and si lent grave lies the one w_e love so dearly—our husband and father, we could not save. Ben, dear, thy hast left for a bright and happy home above, where precious ones have met thee and with a saviour’s love. But j God alone can comfort us, the hearts ] that mourn thee here and our- only j consolation is to try and meet you there. Sleep dear papa, thy peaceful sleep, in thy bed beneath the sod, I will for thee ever pray that thy soul may be with God, always faithful, loving and true. A devoted and loving wife. the night f#***«l for ImnIIIj need* than would be the case under normal con dition* In the springtime, when the days and the night* are of practically equal length. At the I line of the year when fowl# lay the moat egga In New York stat#^- the month* of April. May and June—* the day* and the algtita are appeoxi luately of equal length. ITider thcee rendition a, fowta spi*** r to aa«dmtlate their feed, secure the proper amount of exerrtee. and form their egg* to best advantage. The latter part of December there are about fifteen hour* of darkness and nine hour* of daylight, whereas In the latter pert of June the reverse la true— there are approximately fifteen of daylight and nine hour» of darkness. In other word*,, illumination it- tampta to Itmtate spring conditions so far a* the hour* of activity and the regulation of feed supply are con cerned. HOW BOOKS ARE STERILIZE') Simple Apparatus Used by French Set- ertiet* in Conducting Their Deadly Qae Attack. Almost the find thing to meet the eyes of French hyg.'enlst* In their wsr- time campaign for protecting the younger generation was their old en* etny, the circulating Imok, well known as a carrier of disease. The ninny ob vious Miiutiona of-l be-problem toured one disadvantage while killing the -pnmrtrioy (i. ; **rr?»ysri tiu* also. For the method perfected by Doctor Mnrsonlnn, and now practiced In the Institute for Woiihded and Infirm Workmen at Montreuil, It is claim'd that for one-fourth af a ceut for each book, and with safety to operators, books can be sterilized without the slightest Injury. Two plecei of very- simple apparatus are used, a beater and a disinfector. The heater is n long box open nt one end and communicating nt the other with an ordinary stove. Inside of the heater are wooden .rods so arranged, that the turning of a handle will cause them to strike on the. books placed on a sliding frame. As the rods beat the ■hooks, Hie heavier particles of dust fall out.into a tray of disinfectant be low, and the lighter are carried by an exhaust fan to a stove, wheia they are burned. Tb^tTClMis are filing, open, by spring clips from a skeleton framework, and wheeled into the disinfecting chamber, which Is equipped with n tank contain ing a solution . of formaldehyde. The temperature is raised to -120 degrees Fahrenheit, the formaldehyde kills the germs, and the fumes are carried off by a funnel.—Popular Mechanics Mag azine. The Car That Led All Interest at the Columbia ■v Automobile Show. Now Gome Here Where You. Can • Get A • ■ •' r ’■ ■ i Good Look at Essex On every tongue at the Automobile Show last week there was but one word concerning the most interesting exhibit there—it wys the Essex. The newspapers mentioned that fact in their new • columns. Everyone asked, “SHvq.you seen and ridden in the new Essex?” And practically everyone replied, “I ^didn’t get a good chance, because there were always such crowds about, it.” / , • SO COME TO OUR STORE, WHERE YOU CAN BOTH SEE AND RIi)E IN IT. Here we will have plenty of Essex cars for in spection and for demonstration. Everyone is urged to ride in the Essex. Our plan is to acquaint everyone with its qualities. We let the car do 1 that. The salesman will not . Jioy you with their urgings that you buy. The Ess^i speaks mere convincicngly than anything we can s>k'. Here you will have an opportunity to view it with out interference from such crowds as purged about it at the show. You can see how finely)it is finished. ,You can manipulate the levers and know-how easily they operate and their convenient locations. You will be able to compare the Essex with other cars you know. You will see how it combines all the advantages that have made the light, cheap c<ar so popular with the qualities that make you proud . of it. IF YOU HAVE A LIGHT CAR THAT YOU LIKE AND STILL WANT ONE THAT IS BETTER You will find it in the Essex. ' ' 9 * It is interesting to note the type of motor car users that are most en thusiastic over the Essex. They are, for the most part, those who own good light cars. They had never been dissatisfied with the cars they own, but when they have seen and ridden in the Essex, they speak of the quali ties it possesses that are absent on OmIi 1 eiii. “ - ■ - •- / Its performance and Its Ipng endurance and tho way in which, it retains its newness are distinctive qualities. . * , Light, clic.ip carz, even of the better-grades, do not ride so easily.' THzy .don’t ret'.in their good locks free from snu6rks and rattles. so long, nor remain WE REPJ WHAT OTHERS ARE BATING One famous;motor expert, the head of one of the larg try, -St gasoline motor manufacturers in the incius- MOTOR CARS- That is because the Essex has many things that are exclusive to large, costly care. lid, “ The Essex has Ujcjnost wonderfully de signed motor that insivi pi •duced iff years,^ lie does not build the Essex molor, He has-no interc >1 in its manufacture. He reebprrmnl its. new principle that aocountsrifui' its great power. He saw why the Essex is cm ab;e ui speed liiat rivals, that of large and costlier cars. You had little chant'? to see these features in your hurried examination of the Essex at the show. AND WE V. ..NT YOU-TO iGDK IN THE FNSEX \Ve put ii through every test that afiy car is given t'> prove e Rng qualitu celcration and speed. Rough ror I?,* ' oV- * >i.one puveuunts and chuck holes do -)t b' ii- r .'base \vh j ride in the Essex. You will be able to •we how this is accomplished. One mm said his light Cm* war ell right, hut that he had often driven miles out of the way to avoid tne rougn roau i, because the rattles and squeaks made him fet! his car would go to pieces. “That one feature in the Essex, evert if it pos sessed no other advantage,” he said, “made it the car of his choice.” THREE BUYERS FOR EVERY ESSEX Thai sitmtion'is assured by reports received from all parts of the country. Many r’siribuiors say their entire, al- I ♦rV'it.j for the year nrs already spoken for. They want mere car*. You ask then, wt|y do we advertise. The Ease* today dominates motor car interest. . We intend that it shall do so throughout the year. The Essex is on the map. It*is there to stay by %irtue of its exclusive qual ities. I ( f I \ Hagood-Jennings Auto Co., Main Street, Barnwell, S. C. ySuSSHBDCiO®break VICKFRY apt# 7 OM ^ V A ^ r ^ 1 - ,AX 1 iKllE IN STixiexiv^rCAK iKfli BROS. Barnwell, S. C. General Auto Repairs and Accessories. Fisk Tires and Tubes Mobileoils GOOD TO TNC LAST DPOP MAXWELL MOUSE COFFEE ai sBHsMaamaBi • “ ASK YOUR GROCER . MONEY TO LOAN 7 Per Cent. . Any Amount. Desirable Terms. First Mortgages as Security. LOANS M \DE PftifMPTLY. Apply to Holman & Boulware Philadelphia Storage Battery Phone .IS 3-6-19-lyr. LAWYERS Barnwell, S. C. t O HOUR KODAK FINISHING. * ^ All rolls developed 10c; packs 20c up; prints 2 l-2c-4c-5c; enlarging 3r>c up. Specialists—we do nothing but kodak finishing. AH'work guar anteed to please. Eastaru kodaks, Films, Supplies. COLUMBIA PHOTO FINISHING CO. HIT Taylor Street, Columbia, S. C. DEPEND UPON YOU Sapphire Is New Fashion Gem. That person w’ho wishes to be In It, to use the English equivalent for the French phrase, will wear sapphires. Such Is the edict of fashion. One rea son for this Is that It has been com pnratlvely easy to Imitate the ruby, hitherto enthroned as the show gem. Another probably Is that the snnphlre has been somewhat neglected and It is prudent to get lid of accumulated stock. - The success of this bank depends, <of course, upon the success of the community. It is therefore only natural that we do everything in our power to assist our customers to be successful, be- casue this is the only way in which we can prosper. In dealing with this bank you are able to feel certain that your best interests are always placed ahead of every oth er consideration. BABY CHICKS MUST HAVE AT* TENTION. Feed them regularly,—give than tokwMmw & A. THOMAS* POULTRY REMEDY, the bone end muscle builder, es well es e tonic end spocifte for bowel troub- Small Coinage Doqplee During lest year the coinage of pieces under fl In value wma 71-L000,- -rt. ‘ L - uhli ‘ THE FIRST NATiONAE BANK BARNWELL, S. C. " r ' * ' * * + f ■ Capital Stock, $60,000.00* ."Uv- S" * -4L s ifte 1917. eed eppmelmatclj five timet !l rotnafe of 191& The coinage of pee- elee reached end there were mere HrOOO.OOO In nkefcete, the re- I Fi HAgliBY Frw nM A.H.ttU im S. R MOORE, Vice-Pres. L. P. WILSON, Cashier A. C. MATTHEWS, Aast Cashier. / half .A J a 5, *