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J ^ Just Like a Member of the Family” VOt. XLUI. j BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1,- 1920. , A* *r~ NUMBER 17. CENSUS ENUMERATORS READY TO BEGIN WORK HAMPTON DECLARES ITS INDEPENDENCE OF WEEVIL PROPERTY OF STATE MAKES BIG INCREASE Practically All Enumerators Appoint- Farmers Revising Their Program to Reduction in Barnwell Due to Forma- ed for Second District; A Practically all enumerators for the Meet Weevi\fCondilions. ■ r tion of Allendale County. Under the leadership c? County j Increase in the total taxabU* prop- Second Congressional ‘ district have Agent E. C. Bruce, Hampt .n County, erty of the State this year, amounted been appointed by Mr. B. P. Davies, farmers are hustling to revise their , to '$26,681,44$, according to figures Supervisor of the Census, those for farming program and their farming compiled by Pvut L. Osborne, comp- Barnwel) township being Mrs. Irma business to m6et the boll weevil trailer general. This is due largely L.. Creighton and Mr. T. Dallas conditions now before them. to the persistent etfurts^of the State Creighton. There are 14 enumeration i Thejieed for concerted action is tax< commission in placing merchan- districts in Barpwell County and BIO realizeii; and the-farmers are get- | disc on the tax hooks on the equrrl- in the nine counties comprising the ting together in community clubs! ization basis. The increase in this item alone this year approximates Iv prop efty is now $4'‘2,859.947. Secomi District. The supervisor’s organized partly for buying and sell- office force has been kept quite busy coopo;:uB ol>, p; for thS past month mailing out com- ; siea*of new conditions and new re missions and supplies to the api>oin- quirements. Such cluPs have been j. Charleston County leads ip the tees and everything is in readiness organized in the Hickory Grove to begin the active canvass tomorrow' Nixville, Holy Hill, Hugging Oak and (Friday). The other appointees for other commurities and others will Barnwell County arc as follows: i** organized as fast as the county Bennett Springs Tow nship: N. A. agent can carry out the plans. Potteraon. (■ At recent me *ettngs of these far- Blackvill • Township .Vitrian L. • lilt ‘I N clubs, > lays C winty Agent B« y and W Ii IM nha.’f. Bruce . th** disci i anion s have Centered Four Mile T/v nshi] p: Cbas. M. chiefl: y around livest ock. peanuts, 'I^imer. potatc ad other crops Ge*irgc’s t m*W To* vnship: Wm for a iced div ersifie«l farm- Henry Dv> hrs. ind a pr*n' n U*<*e worked Gnat Cvdivw T*-wr* khin; Ja*. W out Cl riling for i-4« h fa rtn per h«»rM* SPECIALISTS TO CONDUCT BOLL WEEVIL CONFERENC E Meeting Will Be Held at Barnwell Thursday, January 15th. THE A NT HON Y A M£NDMENT GIVES CONGRESS CONTROL According to announcements made recently, the Extension Service of Clemson College will conduct in Jan uary a series of County Conferences on the boll,weevil situation and a safe farming program for South Carolina in the presence of the'weevil. Thirty- Alabamian Warns Against Second Section of Suffrage Act. T ■— FIRST NATIONAL BANK ''MARKS GOOD RECORD “ 11 • » Increase of Almost Two Hundred » ' ' ' ' - > • i ■ t Thousand Dollars In Deposits. To the Editor of The State; w -—- “The congress shall have the powej* to enforce this article by approjA-iate (federal not state) legislation.'** “Lord, is it I?” “Ah, . God, for a man, with a heart, head, hand four of r |hese conferences will be held i Like some of the simple great ones m thirty-three counties. The confer-I forever and . ver i>v. encc for Barnweil County will be 4h44 h*»»» on-Thurnd.ty, ~cqjnparison with figures for la.st year with ar imi-ase of $2,399,889. Spartanburg comes next with $l,78(f,- 288: Greenville third with $4,758,505; and for Allendale County on January 14th at'Allendale. I « Specialists of the Extension Service and pther authorities who have had succ*/ssful experience in fighting the boll weevil will be organized into two One still strong man, m a blatant land Whatever they -oiiUuiEL-What caroJl.ing_.tjLLgrowth Aristocrat, democrat, autocrat, one who Can rule, and dare not lie.” —Tennyson. An Alabamian appeals to the as- semi annual meeting pf tho stockholders of the First . National Bank of Barnwell was held at its- banking room on Tuesday, Dec./30, at-j 12 nvion. The meeting was well attended, there being a greater por tion of the stock represented in per son. The report of conditions as read by Mr. N. G. V\. Walker, vice-presi dent of the bank was most gratify- of this young institution has been marvelous. The deposits are almost two hundred thousand dollars great er than they were on the S4me dato last year. The following directors a mbly of South ( ar linn, and of all were elected /or the ensuing yearj Richland fourth with $1,743,410. parties nn«J thus two County Co. fer-1 other Southern states. j .| # j; Harley. N. (i. W. Walker, S. E. F.n»r «4her counttef showing an gji-J cnees will 1*^ held eaeh week bet wet* n J Did y*m not in the presence of Al-j Moore, L. P. Wilson, Terry Richard- bure '«• of more than $1 .OOO.noo in tb ; January ♦Jth and 30th, inclusiv r named are Andersan, ( and Darlingtor OfilMime j t> Sumtef of this ii Be •rease, Mr. OalmrTU D«Mth of Mrs. C. H. Bate j mighty God a?id human witnes: ■ take th»s nu>.st solemn » » h: ”1 I m>|i mtdv swear (or affirm i to r**«luce th« ore-haif m n*- ni*»mi the Ih-ath Aug M< C. II. Bat victim hit helot Bate*. She wa thv liitr Mr. II lK*st «»f my ability to preserve \«»v. t.lrd, U*19, | | Mn ,| def- nd the ronstituti ib Mi h«»me of this ttate. etc.?** (S.uth Caroli I f »r it« j The 15th amernlme.it dictated Cornelia So^aTB. Anthony. Frederick Ihmt t cHibi of inegrok rnd Anr.-f Du k« r*on. rea.l n, Ed IV a. rmk. J. B. Morris. N. Blatt . C. F. Molar," AT "t*. Low man, B. B E ."tel ding and J. J. C«H*hmn^ Th e follov ving offi cers were elec- tdl; J. E. Harley. , l*reaid« nt; N. G. W. 1 Walkrr ami S. K. Moor*, view . 1 ~ P. Wil laon, < 5i«hi« r. Th r Frmt Natitina 1 Bank declared it A ki t the runelu*loil t M»EK SENMI H CHARi.R 9. |M4a, JMlKXMd 9 V* { o nod f • haryrd Miib M riling la*oHin^ 1 elfrf tn tk kite Momaa % nntwe A few rrwMIy e m(fao B («n- Wnind r*| n inn to m lmn**ctaal (|»r«f too* \»krd a Persona. 1 Age at last O rth lay • » • tfw tt## r n , na*. a t Hi««n tied oori mth olhn »tk fed ni paw *u» »■ / that mum k na«o>y, nod Mm* tad ki*»u for Uafnl rvtntMn Tha iraiogk lha mod hat. ni Untvnm. ^»# II Bka , alia over |a her hoo- ■ •ItgatMa oat aaoda. '.Wv krtWf not rant* i •# tha nanva YatnC, the eiOMtomr ran- r i vent to k 11 kat there la n k - ■**- - film th*t h 4 pMMOV It an* * MNna and It mr kna ntn i n ka< urmi *r Mi J. R. Hi 3. Each perttm will U- asknl hit birthplace a» well at the birthplace of hit fathe( imd mother. 4. If foreign born the date of eommg to the UnitiMl States will be asked, and, if naturalized, the date of becoming a citizen; also mother | tongue or native language. 5. Each head A a family will he . asked whether his home is owned by ; him or rented. If owmed, whether the home is mortgaged or free of debt. 6. Each person will be asked his occupation and whether he is an em ployer or employee or is working on his own account."-:-,' —— The answers to the above questions give valuable and vital information to the Government concerning the health welfare apd progress-of the persons under its protection. Important Questions Asked of Farm- efsr may be in two or morv separate tracts, bdf t i a all u ne farm if it is all under one management. The land cultivated t>y a share hand or cropper, or by a cash renter, con stitutes a separate farm and is not to be counted as the owner’s farm or in cluded in it. but . hould U reported in the name of the tenant. Identification Cards Carried by Enumerators. Census enumerators will carry identification cants as well as written commissions. These will hi*- showrn promptly b\ the enumerators upon re quest of any person. In all cases where persons are sus picious of impostors these identifi cation cards should be demanded. It is against the Federal law to im personate a Census official, and im postors' should be rep» rted to the authorities. ' 1. Each occupant of a farm will be ashed how many years, if any, he worked on a farm for wages; how ■ 1 many years, if any, he was a tenant; ] and how many years, if any, he farm ed as an owner. 2. Whether he <a) owns., or (b) "rentsFor (O partly owns and partly* his farm, or , whether (d)' he opV**t« ' tin*' farm for others as a manager or superintendent. 5 3. How many acres • Number of improvev acne*? Nlim- her of unimproved arns-hnd numln-r of acre* of woodt&nd? 4. Total - value' of farm? Total aide of buddings ? \ a mrrrm- ■ n - n - ti " ~ l s ~ i ~ ~ ^ uimwmAs and machinery op farm A M’t *-') , i rr If bp, thr afliownt of m«*ngage 9 ('ensus (Questions Must he Answered. The Act of Congress providing for the Census makes it the duty of all persons, to furnish the . information asked for by the enumerators to fill out the censua schedules. No persons should he-<i(ate,--m**gloe4 T -A>r--r»4usAi to answer fully amf accurately tOJ the enumerator’s question^ He i nly asks the questions iieces.-.'ryx to fill the scbedul**s as required by thr-.Act of Congress. \ Keepers of hotel?:, apartment hous es, boarding or lodging houses, or ten- ^ f 7 f ements, must assist the enumerators retting the i;if«*rmati«»n concerning the persons tivtn^ m ouch hotels and tlOlilM'X. hllM' . tftitn Am t Mar) r*,.n It wa» o r iif *r i«4i iy built for u *** 1 ar>«l tlu KoU-rts. in i or« vthf t h.* rmrup* . with a* an ire hmi*e MM 1 at on. time w b* I » u.,. , I tjk 9h Kits ruse buds. 1 sii\rr uiui tulle; Eh zabeth occupied Mi r. K . * . Holm..n. 11 . ni. 1 j I Hill t * »l Easterling, ut*annir a baby blue i« thought that the fire - started fm m "late ? charmeu«*e. with pink georgette ; Caro a *to\e. the in 1 . item •r being abla ** 1 Have ,f tl th •uffrag hi* I 4rf* hi * b yet ui » thr of hi oath t«* ri. m l*ut rthright. ibum. by right to native * «»i r*t«»mj th«t 1 rvHMHft***i to the f*u*toffWv Ike* tmrn* ami that a p» -ffur in- ’tor ho* bBrti rrsyareted to coma • to mwotirato the matter with rw of hontlling the mottre m tha * ml ruorts. ( ommunity < hrintma* Tree, Easterling, in nib* grvin charmeuse with silver; Jean Kib*y, in mb* gr«ru charmeuse, silver and rose buds; 1 Elizabeth Bun kb titer, in wfsterTa georgette, with silver; Harnett Pat terson. wearing 1 orchid lafeta; Emily Kirklaiul, cream la*-v over orange messaline, with silver; Jennie Kirk land. black ami gold; Thelma Brook- er, pink tafeta; Pauline Holman, pink charmeuse; “Jackie” Saunders,in "BTack georgette, with silver and green; Blanche Porter, wearing pink tafeta; Pauline Caldwell, in taupe with rose trimmings; Felicia Ramsey, midnight Mue t rii ()ti’ie, wtlTTurs; Ce.rrir Hoi man. in white flowered georgette over baby blue with tafeta ruffles; Ella T.ouiso" Miolaiv, wearing -ptnk tafeta; Maud Warren, in coat suit and furs. Messrs Ted Riley, Eugene Brown, J. O. Patterson, yLeroy Molair, Eugene | Easterling, McLaurin Brooker, Cliff Harrison, Henry Killingsw'orth, Her- r man Mazu’sky, Duncan Calhoun, Ben I 4-Calhijun.. Flowers Calhoun, Frank j wh«*n diitc«»vt*ro«l. Ib-mUM- of th • I largo crowd on the stn*t*ts at th» ^ ' time the .ilifrm wu> given, some ib*-1 thy whs occasior***! in stringing out a ! line of hose, but soon after the water I you thought of this point, do # you realist- the fearful error you might make? Quite a large crowd of chiktrvn and their parents and friends * attendesf the community Christmas tree at tho Read these ommot, ► w.ml.- from the !M h,>o1 hou,, ■ U "* w «ln*»<i»y ev. nin*. New Y«»rk World: “Th«* n«*xt prvaident at which time gifts of fruit and was turned on the blaze was under controL Mr. Harrison's lo?s is about $3lmi, with no insurance. Jenkins-l Imer. will Ih. » Kepuhliean with a Repuh- cl * n,,> ' w '' r, ' '''•*'-ibut«l to all pr. ient. lion hou.ejwwl witt.te. mhI 8—ft. B * f ”* ,h ' :,rr,val ,,f IfiSlS ,1 » us . ern Matea will be mere provinces I *'■ vtr,ll !K ' nK, ww " un ' r ** ,ho! * ( Our conquere.1 province*/ old Susan pre! ‘ , nt an ' 1 ' ,hort talks ma ‘ ,e B. Anthony eleefullv called them, i th ‘‘ H, ‘ v - '• Monra i and I- E. KirklaPil; Aubrey Rice, BatucRrown; -'Mat Hines, and. C. H. McKitchen. • Quite a numl4*r of ladies and men chaperoned the-dance, with u goodly ; number of en-lookers. ’• ♦ ♦♦ The frie .d of Mr. and Mrs. B..S. M *ore will Ih* glad to leftrn that their -on, Ma»t(*r B. S., whose tonsils were removed ml a Charleston hospital Mon- ‘Uy* (^jr*>p.v v rinif rai llf thr A marriage tif tntrrest to their many friends was that of Miss Alice Maude Jvnkins and Mr. J. J. Ulmer, which occurred at six o’clock Tuesday eviifiiftg ai tlh?’howtu of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Jenkins, in Kline, the Rev. J. C. (’ullom per forming the ceremony in the presence of near relatives and a few intimate | I friends of the young couple. Im-. mediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Ulmer left for a wedding trip to the “Land of Flowers.” The bride j is a very attractive young lady and th<- groom is a progressive young farmer of Kline, „ They hrve the lH*st j wi;Jies fciVin.cbkJbi'ra ki^r and happy life together. Peeler. Old H. C. L. seemed to have had a serious effect* on Santa The 14th and 15 h amendments will Ik* enforced t<. the letter and the cry of . •Wi more force bills' win fall up..,, «'lau.s who«. proverbial rotundity wa* deaf ears 1 ’ ' conspicuous by its absence. Such a This phophcsicl for th.' South, vet smal1 matkr as this - howev *' r . wc sent our sons to f„:ht for the "self 11 ls b * ,ii<l "'•* '•Oract .IcU rm nation ..f th. little peoples of hc lw, *‘ from t: ** enjoyment of some foroiun lan.is/' ol,!ls '' m- VV'hy tlo we** prate o? the blessings <»f . .. i , of your ‘simple, great ones gone for- v _‘.eVer and ever by!” Would they hava* peace? We have made them a curse. Pickpockets, each hand lusting for all that is not its own, And lust of gain, in the spiiit of Cain. Is it better or wor.-e Than the heart of the citizen at war * on n is‘own hearthstone ? ” • . l '"— —Tennvhull.. fiupi th Mr*». Easterling Injured. Mrs. Julia B. Easterling had the* misfortune to ili«?otate her wrist Christma> Day while crossing a small ditch in front of the residence of her sen, Mr. B. B. Easterling. Ehe* at- temptetl tu jump atro-> the ditch. thA width of which she miscalculated, and !*-a1 uo h*^- arm. glad la k(»«*w that b*^ injury no greater and that the i* # now' rapidly M. tolerated for one moment even the proposal of this eurse, to revive the 11th and 15th amendments, adding third, the worst of all, with the pit iable excuse of “political expediency'* to further our humiliation? - u ?hall your boys and girls" bo brought; tip in .the prtvinev vt* South Carolina qiTce a sovereign"stateT Alabama, (jeorgia and Virgin:#- io- v . , ., _ . . ■ ' lour Ethers gav>v you y>ur .chance, jeeted and did not f ore upon South , r t e u. •» ' afteK.year- of bitterlv fought travail Carolina or any other state control -i v- l , ... and pnsiry. i tiu have had a w hito man's government,* be*t for both. By congr* s of iU > of'age. though » ^ every influence krciW;!; to the profes sional politician", male and femal >. was brought to hear and therefore, we ask that you in (ike manner keep the faith. us aH m» with you this pit of degradation .Th-nk mm vt Svulh Caiwhaa. th-nk imieeii. a** om «1I^ ft said* ract s. • t Did we..indeed, a« rint k-, ‘.‘Fight t<r mak« the workl safe for hyproensy”? R>A-4tke the men that you are, and a^dn Bsifr ^iiP ii uiPf imiP ini Thy *er%ant hear- an rule.and tiara [ l. Alut*. anxju fO« »e *^.k> I too It U 1 V