The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, July 10, 1919, Image 1
The Barnwell People
“Ju&t Like a Member of the Family”
BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, JULY 10TIL, 1919.
NUMBER 44.
NWELL MOTOR CO. TO
/• ,
ENLARGE ITS QUARTERS
Plans to Have a Model Ford 'Service
Station.—New Equipment.
BARNWELL NEGRO SLAIN
IN ALLENDALE COUNTY
Prince Hulon, a White Man, Charged
w ith Killing Joe Fikes. ^ .
FIGHT TO DEATH IN
SALUDA LIQUOR RAID
The Barnwell Motor Company, au
thorized Ford dealers in this city, is
; planning an extensive addition to its
garage and when completed will be
a model Ford service station. Its
present home, built about two or
three years ago, faces “The Circle.”
v The front and West side walls will be
torn away, a modern pressed brick
and plate glass front replacing the
former. The width ©f the building
will be increased so as to include the
alley no\\ f separating the building
from Martin’s Garage and about fifty
feet additional^ floor space added to
the rear. Special machinery for re
pairing Fords and other cars has been
ordered and will be installed at an
early date. A wooden structure in
the rear of the present building has
already been tom away to provide the
additional room nq^led.
Mr. A. E. Martin, prlfyrietor of 1
Martin's Garage, stated to a rep re- j
sentativeSt’f Th© People Monday morn
ing that he would endeavor to have J
Moore, owner of the build-
• now occupies, tear down '
structure and erect a
U stead.
Gen. W \\
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Ml MV TAMING 4 ENMI M
• The Allendale County Citizen of
July 4th-contained the following ac
count of the killing of Joe Pikes, /a
Barnwell negro, by Prince' Hulon, a
white man, at Martin station on Sat
urday night, June 28:
Prince Hulon, a white man about
40 years of age, is in the Barnwell jail,
charged with the killing of Joe Fikes,
a negro of about the same age, at
Martins early Saturday night. Hu
lon claims that the killing was acci
dental, according to a statement he
made to Sheriff L. C. Bennett who went
io the scene.
Hulon says there was a gambling
game in progress in a store operated
by a negro, that he walked in and
pulled his pistol and flourished it. He
says that the pistol was discharged
accidentally and that Fikes was killed.
Comment is made upon the fact that
the shot, if accidental, was well placed,
as it entered the center of the negro’s
forehead. •
A jury empaneled by Magistrate
Eubanks returned a \erdwt to the ef
fect that i* ikes came to his death by
a gunahot wound, the trun being in the
AN EXJOY ABUT MEETING
IS HELD IN III \« K \ M LI
E^t%la Dl«tfKl ( o«frfewer pledge-*
Nwgpwet lw M at Relief M#ek
LANDOWNERS ATTEND AN
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING
People of Dunbartoa Interested in
Southern Organization.
REVENUE OFFICER KILLS MAN
j
IN SALUDA COUNTY.
OFFICER WOUNDED TOQ
Dunbarton, July.4.—At an entWs
iastic meeting of the landowners and
business men of Dunbarton, July 1,
Mr.. Geo. R. Wheeler, State manager,
outlined the program of the S. C. L. O,
Association in a very brief but at
tractive way.
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In teirThg of the conditions of the
state Mr. Wheeler said the profound
purpose of an organization of this
j kind is to develop the entire State; to
promote better living conditions, good
schools, good health, better laws, and
! permanent- toads, and to introduce
1 better livestock on a broader scale
I so as to help the farmer from being
piuuc-stricken on Mr. Boll Weevil’s ar
rival. The Southern'States organi
se to obtain Federal
Joseph Warren Dies in Pistol Duel
With J. G. Fanning.—Large Still
Is Captured.
BARNWELL COUNTY GETS
$192 IN LICENSE FEES
Represents County’s Share of Money
/ Collected for Second QuarteG
r.ation* hop« •* al
Aid for drainage.
The South Candina
Association is liecomini
lar and militant organ
South Carolina has* 1
Joseph M, Warren, a Saluda County
farmer, who lives about three miles
from Batvsburg, was shot and almost
instantly killed Wednesday in a fight
with revenue officers and a State con
stable, who had seized a still in War
ren’s horn--. Before Warren was killed
he shot and seriously wounded J. G.
Fanning, a revenue officer, formerly
of Williston but now having head
quarters :n Columbia. Mr. Fanning
was carried to Columbia and taken to
the Columbia Hospital.
Barnwell County will receive $492.-
77 as its share of the motor vehicle
license fees collected by the State
Highway Department from April 1
to June 30, 1919. Allendale County’s
share is $493.30. Barnwell County’s
total share to date is $5,996.37 and Al
lendale County’s share is $1,625.70.
Including the fees for the last quar-
, *
ter, Bamberg County has received a
total of $4,821.08.
The State Highway Department has
sent the State Treasurer $38,230.15
for distribution among the counties,
this sum representing the total of the
counties’ 80 per cent, of the motor
vehicle license fees collected by the
department for the quarter ending
June 30. At the end of the first quar
ter of 1919 a total of $240,525.40 in
FIRST NATIONAL PAYS
SEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND
Barnwell Institution May . Increase
> • ‘ * * . t *;
Capital Stock tc^$100,000.
That the First National Bank of
Barnwell may increase its capital stock
from $50,000 to $100,000 is the infor
mation contained in a letter from Mr.
L. P. W’ilson, cashier, to the stock
holders, which accompanied the checks
for the semi-annual dividend of 3^4
per cent, which was paid on June 30th.
This institution is the youngest of
three hanks in Barnwell and was orig
inally organized as the Barnwell
Banking Company wieh a capital stock
of $25j)00. A few months ago it was
made a national bank and the capital
stock increased to $50,000.
The First National Bank has en
joyed a flattering patnonage from th«
day it opened its doors for business
and its growth has been steady and
sure. The. officers of the institution
motor vehicle license fees was distrib- j ari> J- E* Harley, president; N. Gi W.
uted among the bounties. The total j Malker, .’ice-president; S. E. Moore,
amount of revenue from this source, vice-president; ^L. P. Wilson, cashier;
to the counties in the first six months i A. C. Matthews, assistant cashier.
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day afternoon Revenue Offi-
1 arming, T. G. Coleman and
tor visited the Warren home
there
of 1919 was.
which is $38,382.18
counties received from automobi!
>re, $278,733.55,1
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tary to have a meeting of ^ythe
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[ru-stecs 11
district lines, time forop«*ning st'hool
session, approximate number of child
ren, and any questions concerning the*
school law. The meeting will be ar
ranged by the County Board of Edu
cation, and you will he notified of the
date.
“In solving the illiterate problem in
South Carolina, - people must be in
formed of the great importance of car
rying out the requirements of this law’.
I shall appreciate your interest and
cooperation in this important work
which has been undertaken.’^
1 Dauti
»te officers present
m* Buckingham, reg-
liam R. Darlington,
cretig-y;
Williston News.
Williston, July 5.—Mrs.- Fred
W cinges of St. Matthews, spent last
week-end here with her sister, Mrs.
R. S. .Martin.
Mrs. George F. Copeland, of Green-
vilH 1 , is visiting her sister, Mrs. A. E.
Quattlebaum.
Misses Marion and Ethel Sheridan
and Judy Calhoun,j)f Greenwood, are
spending some-Jime*’with Mrs. J. L.
Smith.
Miss Georgia Sawyer, of Johnston,
Mr
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wa< play in
the short
Jr . wav painfuuy
afternocm by an
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h.ng iron. The little
~~*~g on the floor and
interval that his
t.<«* rostrum a* nrcsMcn
jxh Carolina laughter* of 1812
ng the r
were: Mrs Kui
istrar; Mrs. W
Jr, reconling secretag’y; Miss Lily
Cooper, recorder, of crosses, and Miss
Zena Payne, district historian. It was | hand and both arms Mow tht
a matter of great regret that other " ■■■ ■ - ' — —
officers were not able Jo bo with us, | Miss Cooper on the bestowal of cross
ler
•me
ts out of the room the iron,
manner, fell and burned his
m
elbows.
particularly Mrs. Cart, who sent a ] e*.
letter to Ive read and our State his
torian, Mrs. Lawton. Miss Poppen-
heim sent a letter of greeting to her
own. district, expressing her regret at
not being able to be with us and asr
suring us of her love. So beautiful
and heartfelt was it that we voted to
record it in the minutes.
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When Mrs. Black spoke of ours as
Mrs. Eugene Buckingham on war
relief work and the work of the regis
trar, Mrs. William R. Darlington to
request the reading of the'minutes be
fore the chapters. Mrs. Woodson
spoke for the Confederate Veteran
and urged the chapters to send in
notes to our State editor for The Vet-
eran. Mrs. Mayfield read the report
from the publicity chairman, Mrs.
the “banner district,” long *and loud ; Weeks, a*nd a letter from our State
was the applause and in her'address chairman of education was read hy
she demonstrated this by giving the
amounts given to the various enter
prises in which our division is en
gaged. lit her recommendation she
asked that we give a one hundred
dollar-Liberty bond to dhe hero fund.
This was" later voted on and the plan
carried ojiC
Mrs, Harry Dodenhoff, president of
the Blackville Chapter, gave a most
hearty welcome to the assembled
the secretary. >
.The new war relief work'is to he
the sending of boxes to Columbia tof
the convalescent hospital and the de
cision of the chapters to assist with
this and the giving of our bond to the
hero fund were two of the principal
acts of the conference, although there
was much discussion along othef lines
of endeavor.
\Among those to whom our thanks
Daughters, which was responded to by are due for delightful music for th(
tr-risitTnir her‘Mster. Mrs. T. M. Wi!- ' Mr*. Wifflnpi R Dnrhmgtfm. Jr., for vwa
the
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itrict. Both were received with ) W. O. Pro lie and the girls who formed
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Mrs.,. J. P. Billings of > Abbeville, euthusiastc applause. the chorus. Mrs. Nelson Johnson
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It is aaC an ttCMmsaasoa ocwtvw
I a to* |«> t .\r birth to tom tab
I Mr GaiTts's cow ha* given L
TTIWIIflMii I'HIKH oxw
In a«ilit»on to thus pr»«du
! hamlsoine profit for her master, she
gives an average of aliout one pound
of butter a day, providing the house
hold with plenty of milk products.
Mr. Garris expects to send her to
the state fair this fall, and if a prem
ium is .offered for the most prolific
cow*, he expects to bring home the
blue ribbon.
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Walker IhivaR
Knocks Out Mother’s F'ye.
spent last. wt*ek-end here with Mrs. :
W P. WalVh.
Mrs. M. L. Bolick of Hickory, N. C. f 1
Tie tckok a position with tTe federal
government* and has rendered faithful
When the chapter reports were read the resolution of thanks and Mrs. | set Re is brave ami fearless in
read it was shown that while all had i Black declared tht
I Hr put) Coleman, *s si Fanning ex
hibited coidne** sn<i bravery in his
fight with Warren. The men were
al*out six feet apart when Warren
o|K*n«*d fire and both men lay about
12 feet apart when the firing ceased.
The raiding party found five shot
guns and two rifles in Warren's house,
and had located a 6n gallon still in the
barn when the shooting commenced.
Government agents and State con
stables have l>een actively engaged in
raidifig premises in the State where
parties vice suspected of owning and
operating stills. The officers have
made many arrests following the seiz
ure of a large number of stills with- ( i aU ghUr and the latter’s husband,
out exchanging shots or engaging in younger woman became enraged
scuffles. The shooting Wednesday sur
prised .the men, but they w’ere pre
pared for eventualities.
No arrests were made Wednesday
and the officers came to Columbia
with the injured dOputy.
^Joseph Warren, who was' killed in
Wednesday’s conflict, Was about 50
years old. He' was married and the
father of several ! children. He w’a§
recognize 1 as a peaceful.and law abid
ing citizen by his friends * and ac
quaintances.
“Jack” Fanning, the injured deputy,
is well known over the State, having
served ,as. constable for a long time,
Joar]
*>7
Hour
When Sarah Little, a negress liv
ing in. Augusta, attempted to stop a
fight last Wednesday between her
and threw* a glass at her mother,
knocking out her right eye. The
daughter is said to have displayed no
regret vvhahtever over the affair.
♦
Fertilizer Tag Tax.
ColUmbW, July 6,—Up to July 1,
the sale of tags by the office of S. T.
Carter, State treasurer, under the fer
tilizer tag tax, has been $1,327.83 more
than in 1918.. The'total tax collected
for the first half of this year .was
T209,152.49, as compared with $207,-
824.66 for the corresponding period
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Advertise in THE PEOPLE. .
hear Batcsburg last Wednesday and
conference ad- the* discharge of his duties, and has
ione r a wonderful amount of work and journed, Lfter a most enthusiastic ses-j been associated with other officers in , who was brought _tp f^blnmbia for
visiting her parents, Mr. ami Mrs. had made large gifts, the Ellenton
A. Weatherslie©.,
Mr. ami Mrs. W. R. Kennedy, of
Washmgton^have moved to Williston
and vnU make tbrir Home Here
last weak Here wiiii ralalivaa
Chapter surpassed all others, as her
expendRuies were nearly $1,000
principally in gifts
Those talking on the various tub
us I**? os
The district was invited by the
Edgefield Chapter* and the Edward
Croft of Aiken. A vote was taken
which resulted in favor of Aiken.
DMPicGBacMtMy
1 . Sl»pipi^™
many liquor raids. Me is popular in treatment, was reported as resting
Columbia ami throughout the common- | comfortably at the Columbia flospi-
wealth. * tul last night. The chances for Mr.
. - Fanning’s recovery are regarded as
I aaaiag lmpre«e*. favorable The shooting occurred dur-
G_ Fanning, reyenue officer, who ing a raid made for the purpoae of lo-
Y ; ' > J 'Jl '
imwffik
>»rph Koger, who entered revol
y service as a lieutenant in
O Volunteers, Colleton County
Regiment in 1776, and was later pro
moted to captain, according to Mill's
statistics of South Carolina.
Captain Joseph Koger lies buriaA
about 14 miles above Walterboro, on
the banks of the Edisto River. There
are nine of his descendants members
of this chapter which bears his name.
The members are Mrs. G. C. Mat
thews, Mrs. John W. Johnson, Mrs.
Robert M. Mixson, Mrs. J. E. New-
some, am- Mrs. M. F.. Weathesbee of
Williston, Mrs. F. H. Hitt of EUuv
Mrs. D. D. Walters, Columbia; Miss
Corinne Mixson, of Rock Hill; Mrs. S.
R. Compton, Mrs. J. E. Hair, Mrs. J.
C. Johnson, Mrs. J. H. E Milhous, Miss
Hattie Rena Milhous, Mrs Virgil L.
Nevils, Mrs. Cleveland Risher, Mrs.
Julius H. Sanders, Mrs . I. F. Still,
Mrs. M. M. Still, Mrs. H. D. Still, Mrs.
Eugene H. Weissinger, and Mrs. B.
F. Storne, of Blackville.
Delinquent Taxes.
v Delinquent taxes in Barnwell Coun
ty for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1918, amount to $2,895.47, according
to Rut L. Osborne, comptroller general.
.Th£j.utaL for..the entire State is nearly
w -=T*# July
a half million dollars. These fall in
to three different classifications: State;
county and school. The uncollected
State amount is $139,340.79; county,
$184,087.18; school, $156,561.23. The
amount still uncollected in this county
is as follows: State $622.03; county,
$1,701.70; school. $571.74 Exacutu
for the greater portion of the
lected total are in the hands of the