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BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1,- 1920.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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~ P. Wil
laon, < 5i«hi« r.
Th
r Frmt
Natitina
1 Bank declared
it A ki
t the runelu*loil
t
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Wnind
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to m
lmn**ctaal (|»r«f too* \»krd a
Persona.
1 Age at last O rth lay
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tfw tt## r n , na*.
a t Hi««n
tied oori
mth olhn
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ni paw *u» »■ / that
mum k na«o>y, nod
Mm* tad ki*»u for
Uafnl rvtntMn Tha
iraiogk lha mod hat.
ni Untvnm.
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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
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and It
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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>
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