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4 £ ‘Juat LIk« «i Mambar of tha Family” 4k. « XUL BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 27TH., 1»1». NUMBER n. oj “The Best Possible/ ' “We have selected your paper as in our opinion the best we could possibly engage to carry this copy in your city, and feel confident that we may antici- pate some very splendid "results from this campaign in your pa per,” were the flattering re marks made by a national ad vertiser in placing a contract for advertising with The Peo- , ple - I » 0 0 » W1LLISTON EASTER BALL WAS LARGELY ATTENDED Mrs. Reynolds Martin to Entertain U. ff:/s This Week. Williston, S. C., April 22.—Miss Helen Jones, Miss Helen Shand and Mis» Loretta Nelson, all of Columbia, are visiting Mrs 4 W. D. Black. Miss Gertrude Mellichamp, who is .teaching in Mayesville, was at home ^foi’L the Easter holidays, accompanied M^r friend, Miss Margaret Briggs. Loulie Harvin, of Columbia, is 0Kfting her sister, Mrs. John Odiorne ^^|r. and Mrs. J. E. Gardine, of New York, were in Williston Saturday visit ing Mrs. Liaaie Harley and family. Mr. Gardine is touring the South, deliv- MISCELLANEOUS SHOWRR FOR MR. AND MRS SANDRRS ing Association on the international banking system. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Greene, of Houston, Texas, are at the bedside of Mr. L. A. Greene, who is desperately ill, with no hope of recovery. Miss Mary Harley has returned from a short visit to her mother and sister, Mrs. Barnhill, of Columbia. Mr. Augustin Latiimer't brother, who has )ust returned from France, was ia town far a few days last week Miss Alms Barrkhalter, of Aiken, has returned home, after spending eomt tune with her aunt. Mrs. 8. G. Matthews, who has recently bees quite WL Mrs. Annie Wostbembee and daugh ter. Miss Mattie, have returned home from Bamberg, where they have been visiting Mrs G. E Bamberg Mrs. W. H. AlUaan and children, recently of Chattanooga. Teem., are visiting Mrs. Altman's mother, Mrs. Hattie Rountree. Mr. Altman, who is well known and popular ia Wtlltklen. has been made general aaanager of the At|aat»c and Pacific Tea Co/s bus iness in Charleston. • Mrs. Reynolds Martin will entertain the U. D. C/s at her home here next Friday, the 25th There eras an Easter ball given by tne young men of the town, in Kenne dy's hall. Friday evening. It was Popular Young Couple Hus Just Re turned from Wedding Trip. * 9 -- - -V Blackville, April 19.—Miss Sybil Biiist has returned from a very pleas^ ant visit to Ellenton. Mrs. Clarence Fickling has as her guest her sister, Mrs. Eugene Parker, of Baltimore, Md. Lieut. Wyatt Browning, of the 81st Division, has returned from overseas, and is at home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Browning. . Cadet W. W. Maloney, Jr., of the Benedictine College, Savannah, Ga., is at home for the Easter holidays. Miss Pena Brown, of St. Angela’s Academy, Aiken, S. C., is at home. .Mr. Kelly Browning has gone to New York on a business trip. Misses Ida and Marie Groves, Caro line O’Gorman and George 1 Boylston motored to Augusta Thursday. U4 Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Gyles spent sev eral days last week visiting the Mag nolia Gardens, Charleston. 4 Messrs. Bob Ayer, Eugene Boylston, George Boylston, Ike Still, Btfwman Still, Frank Ayer, motored to Orange burg Wednesday to witness the exhi bition baseball game between Boston and Brooklyn. * Frank Ayer, of the 81st Division, is visiting Ijis brother, Mr. Bob Ayer. .Theodin? Heoa, of the 116th fteW artillery, of the 80th Division, who ha* just returned from “overseas” ia in town. A "mTsceTTaffiftiit ihdWer was given Friday night at Mias Rosa Rich's home for Mr. and Mra. Keys Sanders, who have just returned from their wed ding trip. Quite a grant many beauti ful and useful presents were received including cut-glnae, silver, china, linen, etc. Mtae Helen Weiseinger, of Carlisle Fitting School. Bamberg, accompanied by several friends, spent Sunday in town with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Wcissinger Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Maloney and laughter Sarah, of Louisville. Ga.. spent Sunday ia loam as the guest of Mrs. 8. S. Maloney lamelji jpyed by a large crowd, many of whom from different parts of the State present. The music was fur- 1, as usual, by Sturgis' band, of »U. Miss All's Recital. Miss Sara Alva All, of Allendale, S. C., a member of the senior class in music of the North Carolina College for Women, gave her graduating re cital at 4. o’clock Tuesday afternoon in the college auditorium. Miss All presented the program with unusual charm and finish, demonstrating her advanced appreciation of music and her powers of interpretation. She possesses real pianistic talent and her playing gave pleasure to the audience, which included a number of visitors from Greensboro and other cities in addition to the large number of stu dents. The program included the Italian concerts of Bach, selections from Chopin, Beethoven, Liszt, Victor Staub and the famous Polonaise bj the Amer ican composer,xMacDowell.—Greens boro News. A- Perfect Day. Easter Sunday in Barnwell dawned bright and fair, with not even a sus picion of a cloud in the sky to mar the perfection of the day. The chill weather of the preceding -days was followed by the balmy warmth of Spring, giving the fair sex an oppor tunity to array themselves in their R^^ster finery. Morning services were gy j at the Baptist, Episcopal and iMethodist Churches and evening ser vices at the Baptist and Methodist Churches, a large number of out-of- Gray—Bm. All—dale. April SI.—A beautiful mamag* waa solemnised ea Wednes day. the 16th inst.. when Miee Veeeie Gray became the bnde of Mr. J. L. Box. They were married at the home of the bride's mother. Mrs. A. L. Gray, in the presence of a few relatives and friends. At the appointed hour, to the •trains of Lohengrin’s Bridal Chorus, softly played by Mrs. E. W Brunson, the groom entered the drawing room with hts best man, Mr. J. W. Bowers, and wns met at the improvised ahar by the bnde on the arm of her uncle, Mr. E. W. Brunson, where the cere mony was performed by the Rev. J. R. Cullum, pastor of the bride, the latter iMlBMilMMiJldRJBaiftttBR navy blue, with a touch of old gold, and accessories to match. She wore a lovely little French model hat, which also had a touch of rose, and carried a bouquet of pink carnations and ferns. The drawing room was tastefully decorated with American Beauty roses. After receiving the congratulations from all present, the bride and groom left by automobile for Fairfax, where they boarded a Seaboard Air Line train for Washington and other places of interest in the North, where they will spend their honeymoon. Mrs. Box is the oldest daughter of Mrs. A. L. Gray and is a very lovely and attractive young woman of sterl ing qualities. The groom is"one of the largest and most prosperous planters of Allendale County. They were the recipients of many beautiful and hand some presents. Mr. and Mrs. Box will be at home to their friends at their beautiful country home near Allendale after April 25th. Rural Carrier Examination. The United States Civil Service Commission has announced an exam ination for the County of Barnwell, S. C., to be held at Barnwell on May 10 1919, to fill the position of rural car rier at Hilda and vacancies that may later occur on rural routes from other post offices in the above-mentioned county. The examination will be f open only to male citizens who are actually domiciled jn the territory of a post office in the county and who meet, the other requirements set forth in Form 1977. This form and application blanks may be obtained from the offices men tioned above or from the United States Civil Service Commission at Washing ton, D. C. Applications should be NO ROOM FOR CRITICISM i SAYS SENATOR JOHNSON Chain Gang Kept in Alienate County at Request of Commissioners. TANK TO MAKE VISIT TO BARNWELL MAY 8 The People is in receipt of the fol lowing letter from Senator J. Henjy Johnson, of Allendale, which is cheer fully published in justice to all con cerned: 17 April, 1919. Editpr, The Barnwell People, Barnwell, So. Car. Dear Sir: I have been informed that some citi zens of Barnwell County are at a loss to understand why a portion of the chain gang of such county was au thorized, by a special Act of the Gen eral Assembly, to be employed upon the highways of Allendale County af ter the creation of such last named county, and that the delegation of Barnwell County in .the General As sembly has been criticisecFfor the pas sage of such Act. As the author of the Act in question, I feel that, in jus tice to the delegation, the people of Barnwell County should know that such Act was passd at the request of the Supervisor and Board of County Commissioners of Barnwell County, such request being commonicacted to the delegajjlon by Messrs Brown A Bush, County Attorneys for Barnwell County, by letter of February 18th., reading as follows: Barnwell, South Carolina, February 18th., 1919. Hon. J. Henry Johnson, Senator, Hons. Davis, Elba and Hutson, Members of the Houses. Columbia, South Carolina. Gmnmmmi Ws are directed by the Supervisor and County Board of Commissioners to rommumcste the following infor mation to you. WITH THE REQUEST THAT YOU WILL PROVIDE SUCH LEGISLATION AS IS NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THEIR INTENT. The Board held a meeting this ing at which M considered the | stiion of withdrawing from the por tion of Bern well Barnwell County's apportion- < ment in the Fifth and last Lib- ] erty Loan is $183,8&0, divided < among the towns of the county M follows: Barnwell $92,200 I|lackville 44,860 Dunbarton 3,350 Kline 5,150 Williston 38,250 A meeting was held here Mon- « day night, at which time tenta- vtive plans were made to at least ; equal the excellent record made by Barnwell in previous drives. . i■ ■ VERY FEW CASES TRIED AT PRESENT TERM OF COURT CRAWLING FORTRESSES WILL COVER THE STATE. P—pW of Bara veil Ceunty Will B« Given Opportunity e# Seeing la- • entien That Played Big Part ia War. On May 8th the people of Barnwell and surrounding towns will be given an opportunity of seeing the workings of one of the "whippet” tanks that played a great part in breaking the morale of the German army* On the followvig day another of the three tanks that are touring the State will visit Allendale. There has been so much of romance and mystery about these grep.t crawling fortresses that the people have a great curiosity to CHILDREN'S TROCBLE LEADS TO HOMICIDE Ham Brabham Killed by R. O. Wli- lie mesa at Bhrbardt Sunday. Bamberg, April 80.—The little of Ehrhardt, 16 miles from Bamberg, was thrown into a fever of excitement this morning at 10 o'clock whoa Ham Brabham, aa employee of the J. M. Kirkland Company, was shot and in stantly killed by R. O. Williamson, 30 yean of age, his next door neigh bor, who came to this community three or four years ago from Rock Hill and has since been engaged in the aaw mill business. Both were men of families and Brabham These tanks will cover the entire State, beginning at Columbia, Char leston and Greenville. The sergeants in charge are Blankenship of Rich mond, Va., at Greenville; Wells of Michigan at Charleston and Young of New York State and Landiss of Cleve land, Ohio, in Columbia. Landis is a smooth faced young chap who has a very pleasant smile, but he was 20 months in foreign activities, and saw a whole lots of ups and downs in the tanks. His tanks served at different times with six combat divisions and he was in the Argohne woods fight for two weeks. . There is a regular manual of move ments for the tanks just as for infan try bodies. Sixteen form a company and 48 a batallion. There are times when they go into battle in squad for mation, 50 meters apart and 50 mgters ahead of the infantry. The drivers of the tanks state that it was rare that a tank was caught in the barrage of its own side, but-tHey had seen in fantry rush too far ahead of the ob jective 'And get caught in the tank fire. That was one of the saddest things of the war. They had seen trenches filled with German "dead caught in the fire with which tanks had raked the trenches when caught and unable to go further. Landis had seen a tank that had fallen into a cunningly devised trap. The Germans had dyg out a great cavern and cov ered it over with limbs and twigs and leaves. The tank Was filled with water and the occupants of the tank went to a watery grave. These young men who h^ve seen many wonderful thnigs on battle fields and demonstrate them. Each of these tanks is mounted with a French one | )l*»d about 50 years old La*t Wednesday there was froubTe between the cfitt- dren of the families and later in week their mothers became invol in« the difficulty, which was finally taken up by Williamson and Brabham and led to the killing thie morning. Brabham was shot with a shot-gun, the charge taking effect in the face and neck. Coroner Zeigler held an inquest over the body this afternoon and the autopsy was performed by Dr. Robert Black, county physician. Williamson came to Bamberg this af ternoon and surrendered to the sheriff and is now a prisoner in the county jail. Brabham at one time made his home in Allendale, where he kilMd Police man Council Dunbar a number of years ago. Victory ments having been completed for the routing of the “Thirtieth Division Special.” This train will be filled with military equipment and machinery covering every phase of war time science and activity. The schedule for this traip^<vas v prepared in Richmond and will be announced by the first of the week. Every variety of weapon and every kind of equipment used by the allies in the successful prosecution of the war will be presented—includ ing rifles, hand grenades, machine guns and even large caliber cannon. The tank corps is the only arm of the service that will not be represented, and there will be a separate tank train Ua Much Interest Taken in Will That Resulted in a Mistrial. Only a very few cases have been disposed of at the present term of Hie Court of Common Pleas, which con vened here on Monday of last week. The first esse tried wss that of Ike Southern States Phosphate A Ferti- liter Co. vs. Mrs. A. M. Harrison, which resulted in a verdict for the de fendant. Considerable interest was manifest ed in the trial of tne case of Mra Lola E. Anderson, Executrix, ra. M. O. Wall, at at, which grew out of Ike will of Mrs. Sellie I Heir, la Mrs Anderson i •Briery. The trial then two days end after deliberating another day and night, the jury was unable to roach aa agraoaMai and n mistrial In the case of J. A. Sanders, tha fallowing submitted la Ike jury: of Ike cray, if any, inad described In Ike due the Interveners far rant la the vnlna of the seam?* The jn answered, "News” A tardtet far Ike plaintiff far |9V* throughout South Carolina, arrange- off lata Allendale County, the chain- gang new located In that aarttsn. A committee of ctlsana of County appeared before and the matter■ It appears that, aotwt fact that ia the I Barnwell and Allendale which ia to ha made at a Inter data, by s commission la ha named by the Governor, and notwithstanding the further fact that at that time Allan- dale County will ha entitled te be al- loted a portion of the ehaingmng of Barnwell County, ee well ap part ef the impienmnts, stock, etc., that ga therewith, there ia in the Act creating v^llendsle County no provision for Allendale County, during tha interim between now and the settlement be tween the counties, to use any por tion of the chaingang of Barnwell County. This in face of tha fact also that Altenail# County will be charge able with their pro rata share of tha expenses of carrying on the Barnwell government In view of these facta, THE BOARD THINKS IT EQUITA BLE THAT SOME PROVISION BE MADE WHICH WILL ALLOW THE CHAINGANG NOW LOCATED IN ALLENDALE COUNTY • (BEING ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE TO TAL CHAINGANG OF BARNWELL COUNTY) TO REMAIN IN ALLEN DALE COUNTY UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE SETTLEMENT IS HAD BETWEEN THE OLD AND NEW COUNTIES. THE BOARD THEREFORE RE QUEST THAT YOU GENTLEMEN WILL IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE BY AMENDMENT OR OTHERWISE, THAT THE CHAINGANG NOW WORKING IN ALLENDALE COUN TY SHALL REMAIN IN ALLEN DALE COUNTY DURING THE IN TERIM ABOVE MENTIONED, UP ON THE CONDITION THAT AL LENDALE COUNTY IS TO PAY THE EXPENSES OF THAT PARTI CULAR BRANCH~UF CHAINGANG during said time. Yours very truly, (Signed) Bror/n & BUSH. County Attorneys. My recollection is that, upon re ceipt of such letter, I nientioned the fact at least to Messrs. Davis and Hutson, and I think to Mr. Ellis also; that Messrs. Davis and Hutson informed me that they had received similar letters; and that they asked me to prepare and introduce the Bill in accordance with the request of the Board of Commissioners, which I did. In view of the fact that Allendale County ia chargeable with ita pro rata portion of the expenses of running the Wm. the ley. Sr. Wm. Bee—ley ra. C F. Beaseley. Sr A a ef D. W Will if ra W. T Wi (eornpUmt far f—raral— ef al property ) of ih# of the I what la J to draw aa la aa A J. O J. R. Harris—. K. a K. R- Call, a Masursky, C M. Still. J. A. I R 8. Dtcka. A. Geitaaky. W. P. ham. R. L Riley, ft. B. Mo-ley. F. B. Hightower, E. F. Boa—. Ira E. 8. J. Carroll. F. L. Grubbs, J. R Carroll asd F. M. Mr. J. R Kelly left Friday far himbia. where he has accepted a sitioci with the Black-Fraaier Co. He will be joined by Mra. in a few days. Their many friends regret that they have to make their home el the request of the Barnwell Board was eminently proper, for I cannot conceive that any citixeu el Barnwell County would wish Allen dale County to bear its pro rata tion of Barnwell County's and not receive anything in return. I might state further that the Act fat question expressly states, that such portion of the chaingang shall be maia- taihed AT THE EXPENSE OF Air LENDALE COUNTY. For the further comfort of any good, but uninformed citizen of well County, I might state that, f such information as I have been to gather from the Commissioners u Allendale County, there will be no dh position whatever on the part of Al lendale County to evade the paymea of a single penny due to either Baza well or Hampton County upon the set tlement to be had between such coua ties. In fact, so far as my informatio goes, there are certain claims could be made against the old ties that Allendale expects to wain •thereby evincing its desire to be festly fair to the old counties. ... However, this spirit of fairness the part of Allendale County be expected to thrive, if the good eg sens of Barnwell County persist in attitude, taken by a few of her mwi formed people, that Allendale is endeavoring to “put something er” the mother county. Trusting that you may find in year valuable paper to prii