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*4 The Barnwell Muat Like- a Member of the Family" VOL. XLIII. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5. 1920 FEBRUARY TERM OF COURT TO CONVENE HERE MONDAY n . t Petit Jurors for Second Week of 'Ap proaching Term Drawn Monday./ GROUND HOG FORECASTS WHEN WINTER IS TO END The February term of the Court of General Sessions for Barnwell County will convene here Monday morning. Petit jurors for the second week were drawn on Mdfeday, as follows: G. 0. Cadden, WilUstoyr. B. F. Davis, Rich L.ana.' v A. 0. Sanders, Great Cypress. J. F. Ready, Great Cypress. F. M. Ross, Barnwell. L. C. Still, Blackville. Len Lott, Blackville. , C. D. Gantt, Red Oak. R. A. Ayer, Blackville. W. H. DeWitt, Jr., Blackville. J. M. Grubbs,. George’s Creek. H. J. Croft, Barnwell. W. J. Lemon, Barnwell. • M. C. Lee, Great Cypress. J. M. Diamond, Barnwell. R. L. Dodenhoff, Blackville. H. M. Hair. Rosemary. A. R Wilson, Barnwell. C. A. Hartzof. Blackville. James J. Ray, Blackville. A. L. Lawman. Red Oak. L. E Birt. willlstoti. J. H. Harden, Grant Cypress. B. W. Sexton. Barnwell C. H. Anderson. Barnwell^ J. L- Wentkershee* WilMkton N. B' Ynnngblood. Williston R. I. Dirks. Barnwell. — W H iandari Grud Caryiaa. . • J. G Barrtkaltev. WilUslan. J. W Mark. Wails— rwkina Bel. W SlasSon C. M* Renntvw*. Fenr Mde G M Bn*at. Baraw»ll J. R Reiirr Bennett Bp—ps D f Ken. Beanstt flpetns^ The Sun Shone in Barnwell, Which Would Indicate More Cold. Monday was “Ground Hog Day,” and if there is any dependence to be placed in the old tradition winter weather will prevail for six weeks longer., There, is an old belief that on‘February 2nd J.he ground hog a- wakens after ^Jiis long winter nap and comes put to take a. “look-see.” If the weather is fair, the little ani mal, whictyis extremely timid, be comes frghtened at its shadow and scampers back for another siesta of six weeks, which if taken to mean that there will be a late Spring. If, however, the skies are overcast he re mains above ground and winter is over. According to the News and Courier the hour for him to make his observation is noon, while The State puts the “zero hour” at sunrise and Tuesday’s issue of the last named pa per stated that it was cloudy at the time. -The People has always been under the impression that if the sun shone at any time during the day it was an indication that therr would be six weeks more of winssc. Ilf this bo the correct version Spring is yot six weeks in the future, as the sun brightly about owe o'- LOCAL BO ARP OF HEALTH HELD MEETING TUESDAY v vr ‘i i s PREDICTS COUNTY WILL SUFFER $2,625,000 LOSS Clemson College Makes Forecast of a ./ . • ■ ' \ . Loss From Boll Weevil Injury. new cases of Influenza around barnwell, but no epi- ^-DEMIOij^ET.—SCHOOL CHILDREN AND "MOVIE” PA TRONS TO WEAR MASKS AS PREVENTIVE. '«- * r»<c was saining cluck. The trsilmou of the sur I the ground hug's lest appears nr* fuumtud M — •re th m whu sruicR* h'»lsdi*C^B 1 pease that the legend Is uat urtthuui 'In view of the fact that a numb^i; of new cases of influenza has developed in and around Barnwell in the past 2 or 3 weeks, the local Board of Health held a meeting Tuesday morning to discuss the situation and decide upon what steps, if any, should be taken at the present time. Inasmuch as the disease is not now so widespread as to have become epidemic, no quaran tine was ordered, but school children and patrons of the local moving pic ture theatre will be required to wear mas&s, this precaution being deemed sufficient .for the present. People are advised, however, against crowds and a local physician has requested this paper to publish the following arti de, which appeared in a bulletin ie sued by the State Board of Health: Should iaflocfizu again visit the St*: 'rniic form rnd huuu I •* widespread ti< certain counties an 1 I towns as it waa during the fall of 1 I 1116, it will again become impassible j I foe the local medical and nursing peu* i feuason la mAc the demands muds lbsri he the seek. This will cal attention for the most serious cases. , Nursing Committee. This committee shopld have a list of all available persons in the com munity who will volunteer to do or dinary nursing in case of need. Many persons ill with influenza do not need the services of a trained nurse, even if one could be obtained, but many families do need simple home atten tions which can and should be sup plied through this committee. In an epidemic there it always great need for emergency housekeeping and for visits at country homes of people who will care for livestock, provide wood and water, and other such essentials. This committee can greatly dec reass the number of relapses from taflu ind the large number of deaths occunng Th during these relapses Fund Committee. SlUl * IT*" committee thm wholeeeme food actual used, la same cummmd* Lie* ef Kafth L4»fol»as dorujg |he Ihf* IBS Of fauadalloa la bait. Tw* year* ag* •ego* saotftaa may 1 m **•!•*** aad the gvuuud bw* g*v * s 4*UMUuU*tam j tha*w Offk. M Is aosa soar# fa* II la ef h* tro*CwufTba*«* flu a weuKhef 1 hs«o affinal mp*r «i*t*a. aad SMSk p**pbe< ihoi uu* wumfkud upoa by j •WP** vtsiaa tbaakA. aad *aa mM >y b* Mmso ub* •edfeua*6 i s a** Ml t*««a t# j 1 ***** i by Mb* oawMy i «f by aa MbMPMMI s 6* hef la ^psuth# f eftaas. * p*e* w4 law* TW -««• • • i |y fft* Tb* wmaue *f lb 17'tbt* w mesoo* Mw b*uiia uf th* p* uyS* - Mm muyua abftt la tb*** post* but**** *f Mu ua ftilMbH m bm Mm* wrmmmmmm- mmm Ar^estimate of the probable^loss in 1920 from boll weevil, injury in this state, prepared for the Extension Ser vice by Prof. A. F. Conradi, of the South Carolina Crop Pest Commis sion, indicates that the loss will run into millions iaf dollars. The- pos- sibile loss runs from 10 per cent, in Greenville to 70 per cent in’Beaufort, the explanation being made that weather favorable to boll "Weevil ac- . a tfvity, namely, warm winter and wet June, July, and August, would result in maximum loss, while the opposite kind of weather would result in less loss. The figures are based on the 1919 crop and show a total possible loss of over $34,000,000 to $39,000,000 in the twenty-four counties most likely to be affected. There may be togses in ot^er counties. But even if the dam age it only half of that estimated in the table, there would be a loaa of seventeen to twenty million dollars. { was heard overhead, scores of Prof. Coaradi's estimate of the pee-. hurried te the —ding field hi sible loaa for Barnwell County la if 1 mobiles and buggies and maaj per cunt of the 1919 crap. The cui- had an ether meane of ten production of this county hi lilf iwslkod At eeua no •o ordtag to tbo Buronu*uf Crop Re-^ oil woe oecurod Pilot ~ •to*, wae 10400 hnloo. 10 per cent made a trial fUght ever the dtp. K ef which weald he 11400 ha bo, moult i oocuad trip waa mado with Mr. f H. mg hi a proha bb crop of 11400 haha J MU be. dtp m 1000. With out— at 11 Monday afternoon a telephone mes sage was received by Mayor J. A. Porter from Bamberg, in which it was announced that a Curtis aero* plane would leave that progressive little city about 4 o’clock and would reach this place in less than 30 min* unets. As a matter of fact, th? trip was made in 18 minutes and after circling over the town the machine, with all the grace of a huge bird, lan ded in a field near the site of the Barnwell Lumber Co.’s plant. Thu plane, which is owned by the Sumter Aircraft Co., of Sumter, ,S. C., waa piloted by Mr. C. H. Siebenhauaen and carried Col. John L. Folk, of Bam berg, as a passenger. Mr. J. C. Hurst, who is also a pilot, came over to Barnwell Monday morning on the train to pick out a suitable landing place, which waa clearly marked with white cloth. Ae toon ae the hum ef the I - rHf 1*9 leia wee ■ug 4 lb 44 1 « • • • UM metbadh UBd fu» cuiebeag ee eeuduBiug U %.*• a gr— eumbut i * * e ran gud maehnuMul devtcue N* •* Iba ha*t | pfUflMUbL euju P*uf A P C taad euOerMf gp Mm buM The Oast, bumevue. (but Mmee haw beeu fallen < deue uet guacuutea i Uat eume pfUctisul eeulvtvausu ^arkly Mm drawee that ate •fferad fuv mbk. Thuee wha buve bud the bugvet eapefteusu u >th Mmee mvre-1 tiuua haw lauraed IU peusuud cuut* UMBg. Whde the Dune— ef Eat—elegy of tTemeeu C eflrge b glad at all timeu*ta eeepeuaie w*4h *aap w*U mcsaiag prraen oc firm hi trying a new method oc machine. It distinctly withhold* any opinion* until the test* have berm completed and the result* clearly shown. If a method has merit it will be supported, and if it has not merit it will be reported. Tests made this spring can not be reported on until we know the production in pounds of seed cotton during the fall. A machine may do many and interest ing things, but if it fails to propor tionately increase the yield, then it has little or no value. I aumaret. utnmum. I uf Mm eareptu—Bp eabf wmure I a cut ef euedlgbl euubi bud foe I Orswgb the eunule and mjme aa* I a—mal dbumhuusua. aud g gi — A A ^ A _ I Ibe I bag wuuhl bn«e aeedud e mgw p—ve | • ^ha <m ew*»m b*m m *v» b • I ebudew The eaueu wae §e*uruMr fee I au euitf Bprmg The betb eutmal peupbre drbvoewi I Mm guuds ThuC mime day ef Bek 1 fguey wae the bul mul eabi dug «4 | — wieare Fehcmary • a* hhe *! truMmuul Aped, and Musvk littb eo I —ub— the rauemg hem fee *te I tempered tw a drgvuu Ihal 1 bueu ytMPbd Mm Kaehh dee eut Biuta mw. gpaa Ml af Mm Bausd ef G gp loe the euaugp Magus fws a twuu he* g—MMOmh |u udha— be eepaaMamg f«r hef ww*k the eummp uf luwu a a—el .... . - I amw ea au ea r* * . •»4 *4 foe I* ******* Pee bame wusmag euusuea foe feautdweaxg the wmmm uud gift*, uud MomM puae .((owe foekaU—g the use ef the m drtnhiag cup and Mm eauumaa **# f Agent AeUelt— Aiken Zionists at Blackville. A royal welcome was extended to the Aiken Zionists who visited Black ville to raise funds for the Palestine Restoration Fund on Sunday Jan. 25. The meeting was held at the beauti ful home of N. Blatt. Mr. Solomon Blatt was the principal speaker and delivered a very able address on the -New Home in Palestine for the Jews; •along with their generous donations toward the fund the following en rolled as members: Solomon Blatt, N. Blatt, H. Brown, I. Brown, Henry Rich, Sam Poliakoff, Louis Wingrow, D. Winoker, I. Cohen, M. Bergen, Ike Wtimr, Louis Weiner, M. Poliakbff, 1. Kaplan, M. Brown' After the meet ing refreshments were served by the ladies of Blackville. Mr. Meyer Har- ri« rendered several vocal selection*. Mr. Sam SutBSkj is president of the AthW Dbtrlct Zionists which com prises Williston, Barnwell. Blurkville. Allendale. Edgefield. Johnston, Batea- burg. Bamberg. The district b pledg ed to raise ft Abb 49 the s meant 9* bo eoiood thrwughouK the Ui A bug with the ether tillage that i may da to sutu eefuMy combat t ravsire* uf thf_ byjj Wooffl ^mlM—CmmMLpblbtamieeuii ... fee a* great poeeitalttM* The ew*et potato can be grown very profitably in Barnwell County, and up to the present time th^ only differ ence was a matter of curing and stor age. Now we have 50 store houses of different sixes operating succesM fully in South Carolina. The store houses are made of frame structures and varying in size from 600 bushels to 15, 000 bushels capacity. With the elimination of the storage prob lem the sweet potato offers us good cash crops to use in bur system of di versified farming. Two to three hundred bushels of po tatoes can, easily be grown on an acre, and when properly cured and stored they can be sold in the spring for fancy prices. One farmer sold his en tire crop the other day for $2.25 per bushel. After all expenses had been paid he cleared over $300.00 per acre. I am spending some time now on this project and it appears that we will have two five thousand bushels store houses at Williston and two larger ones at Blackville. I would like to see three or four more in other parts of the county, and if any qtfe desires to get plans and specifica tions I shall be glad to furnish them and assist them in the construction of the house, ftlF t?T©wtng,' curing and marketing of the potatoes. H. G. Boyle*ton, County Agent m——mu fuf M m*y muv# «# af* 'SaM fa* —ay ubarb amp tm TV#** • p* 1 m 6* faa* am mmfwvaf**? m uawi af —mb* af tb* la mbtttMn la Mm argamm* uv*k. lb* (vaaif Pup*** b*up rn lamb wHb Mm biais _ *f H** tb aa4 imp Mm B*u*a *ufi muty tumo—am aog|«g gf aaMOMam la Mb aagabi bmLf *cr*-g» fa* tb* f • | b* af *.*•••**ax* la I OffWrue as C asmty Pa Cauaty Buanf af I. Ufa*mat*aa *baoM ba gi**a lb* I Haabb la aafaerlag arMHmama **f paapb isgaiMtog lofbmum. it* pm-1 mtug bp Mm MmaM v*at— and rU*v, aod tbr pmbubiltty T • p**ava4 t uf tb* —m i — ufmrb Mm a** raapooMbb* Baard •' tb* Ma^ s aooaaaaai 4 ta mm b awuty aod lb* < Vt* m •pmoi b* abb tuwu j laumg argaaiMlimul aag awural«a* I Cauaty Mmitb | ul wutk m aark cauaty aod tawa I pbymfioa aod mr Bma fgm itvaiiT #ort m*) w bail* Ibmugh aew*pup*r artlcWa, through none— read at school*, chur ch**, and other public meeting*, and ’through the distribution of bulletins prepared by the State Board of Health and placards prepared by the County Board of Health. 2. Clasaes should be organized to teach volunteer lay nurses the es sentials of home nursing. This can easily be arranged in counties or towns having active health depart ments. • The Red Cross is at present assisting in this work in a number of place in the State. 3. The Superintendent of Public Welfare, or some other energetic citizen, should be appointed County Supervisor of the health organization work. The duty of the County Super visor should be to appoint a Local Supervisor in each township and through these organize the people of each school district and each town for relief work.' The Township Sup ervisors should organize the follow ing community committees, with defi nite duties for each to perform: 1 Db$J^Htu. ftmni of Umitk forbtddtng th* urn of ctmmoc aod requiring all fountain* aad cold drink stand* to u*e mdividunl paper cup*, saucer*, aad spoons. Sterilizers for soda fountain glass- ware am of very doubtful efficiency and should never be relied upon. No chances should be taken—paper cups should be required. IN GOOD RUNNING ORDER AFTER SIXTEEN YEARS Ford Bought in 1903 Still Doing Ser- w vice in Oregon snd Washington. G w nob bottlm of A meyohmo aod Bsabua- japed aa *46*. S C . In M*ivh. 1*44, Mr Hick I w*M saa fought unflMahftasfty. lb IMVbL m i a lb* llsuiptau cosspoigm. b* ad Bor*watt's msut arttv* aw* M fmo-, lag tb* Slow from mdtral rule He > bm bad wu**un bsduetrioas farmer aad a ftawr H la awrboaic, doing very r efficient work gvoo wbl be for Ike U. 8. Govemomot la tb* i cruft Ibis w World War. la September, 1840.1 — while yet a youth, be joined the Ml. Olivet Baptist Church, together with J. H. Sanders and R. W. Sanders, and they were all three finally members of the same command, surrendering under Gen. Johnston in North Caro lina April 26, 1865. Peace to Whitsel, forever! R. W. Sanders. ♦ w» New Auta Lutheran Brotherhood Meetings. Intelligence Committee. The chairman of this committee should be especially active and intel ligent,.. thoroughly acquainted with the community, and ab!e and willing to gather gxurate information daily regarding the sick. This committee should report daily to the Township Supervisor upon the number of new • l^pl, Ad.rrt..i.* P.jri I th. of The following letter from oa* af . aad cawnreory need far food, medi Tbo People's advertia*n la sdditi*aal I etas, ar aaraiog aid. or awaey. b pttdaoaa tbot adesitmaig la tbta I coasoMHMtlaa wttb a gvuot moay paa paort -rUmm rmtmm mm pi* flad^l pay* as A rear tonneau door, two cylinder touring car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company in 1903,—the year of that company’s organization—and in use since that time is < still “on the job.” It is an eight horse power car, has a seventy eight inch wheel base, a five gallon gas tank and is owned by A. C. McCarthy of Portland, Oregon. Of course the Ford isn’t exactly pos sessed of the latest lines and it is be ginning to wear slightly, but mechan ically—why even the aged brass bom works. The machine is now being driven on business -trips through Oregon and Washington by McCarthy who doesn’t expect to be in the mar ket for a new Ford for some years to come since he’s kinda got acquainted with the old one. &L M fwm papa* T Why the Editor Left Towa. Ik was because the following items appeared ta biz paper: -Mrs. Thoms* W. Johnson read aa oftid* tm tb* Woosaa's Clab, ea- tAie^ 'Persons] Don!*.' Bevoabsua -Mr Mat A nationwide movement ig on un der the auspices of the Unite<l„ Lu theran Church in America, to stir up more active interest on the part of the men in the work of the Church, by the organization of Lutheran Broth erhood Societies. Mr. Harry B. Ger- hardt, of Chicago, son of a Lutheran minister of the same name who lived to reach 100 years of age and whose last public address was on behalf of a Liberty Loan Drive during the recent world war, has been assigned the ter ritory of North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, and will be with Rev. D. B. Risinger at Ehrhardt on Wednesday Feb. 4th, and with Rev. D. B. Grosecfose at Fairfax on Thurs day, Feb. 5th. The public generally is invited to hear Mr. Gerhardi who is well known to the Lutherans of the State, having attended and spoke at the last annual session of the South Carolina Synod at Little Mountain in Newberry County. Mr. John D. Cappelmann of Char Ionian, attorney at low. ia one of tbo of tbo n* omum* The People la publlahiag •rveroi automobile advertisement! ia this iaeue. Tbo WiUieton Motor Co* of Williston, takes a full page to an nounce its future policy rclstiv* to bundling Ford cars exclusively. Tbs Ford Motor Co. expects to manu facture 1,000,000 machines this year and the progressive young men hand ling the Ford in Williston will sea that the purchasers in that section got the maximum in service. The Chandler Motor Co. has con tracted for a quarter of a page to tell readers of The People about the car with “the really marvelous motor.** This popular" car, the popularity at which is steadily growing, is handled in this section by Lemon Brothers, Inc., of Ramwell, who are not onljr prepared to make quick delivery hot also to render efficient service to owners. The Hudson-Essex Sales Co., of Barnwell, has two advertisements, one for the Essex and the other for the Hudson. These cars are well snd favorably known throughout the en tire country’ and in addition to. being able to make quick delivery the local sales company, with headquarters at Hartin’s Garage, guarantees service to owners. ' • Mr. C F. Riser, of Olsr, was is th* city salesday with a drove of hnraaa