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COCA-COLA COMPANY MAY BUY LOT ON MAIN STREET Have Secured Option on 'Methodist Church Property in Barnwell. Last week’s ipue of The People car ried an announcement to the. % effect that the Coca-Cola Company was con templating moving its^AllemJt^e plant to Barnwell and had secured ap option ch the Wall Street pVopeffy of Mr. J. H. Lancaster. Since then an option has also been secured on the Methodist Church property on Main Street, it being Understood that the price agreed upon is $11,000. It is not known at this time which of these valuable properties will be decided upon. A representative of The People has been told that, should the Methodist NEGRO SHOT NEAR OLAR CC^DDCTT QT ID D CMIYCP Q - BY MAGISTRATE MAY DIE I 1 ij wKKMiNUI!iK3 Officers Destroy Illicit Stills in. Bam-j Af*TER SLAYING THREE berg and Allendale. EDY AT PENITENT!. FOURTH MAN MAY DIE James Ray, negro of Bamberg coun ty, has developed somewhat of a new wrinkle in th>- manufacture of illicit whiskey according to internal revenue officers, who say that when they raid ed his place a few days ago Ray was absent, “gone to a. society meeting,” according to the women folk at the house. The officers found the smoke house locked, but inside of it they ^ found a still “running” merrily. The j ' fire under the pot^of the still was ! ^ ailos Corbett, who shot th r ee men burning and the building was filled | death and probably fatally wounded with a tantalizing aroma. According a fourth late Saturday night ne^r to the officers, the still seems to have PARTICIPANT IN SALLEY TRAG-| CAMl * GEORGE \Y. MORRALL r— TO MEET AT MEYER’S MILL Conflicting Rreports Are Current As* to Cause of Wholesale Killing. Church lot be purchased, a handshome made a “run” a short time previous to brick building with a glass front will | their arrival, and later the operator be erected thereon, the bottling plant again fired it up to drain the last drop I’eing located in the rear of the build-! of alcohol from the mixture and left ing. As there is a town ordinance | to go to a meeting. the lot n Mam Fiv< t in— ... _ ills wer victltn a h VYal J. C. L li was a of O! 0 it ion oi any more ga- Street 1 because of the raiding s«|ttad in Bamberg uffa that renults from th< latfcnobii** in front of' Pii •rb ordinance might O. rfiony from loading yestcnJay. It Is rlaitaed tl its mark* afi that j was found in the h>>ttse of I Is peohabk that a ! The swgni was shed throng I Imp mtw i mi cmf suvi twufi ffy is Cm. sOirw sr flkgwrwnmok Cm - wsat fl 1hs« wm sari f ns fftsaam stroyetl by the tounty in one• raid Magistrate K 'Mr LSI tlw ! II i.« nogi r bwi ■! ’a 1 Salley, Aiken county,,came to Colum bia and surrendered td authorities at the state, penitentiary early yesterday morning. On advice of counsel he re fused to discuss the circumstances in connection with the tragedy. The three men who were killed instantly were: Julian Cooper, 23 years old and married; Hugh Fanning, 30, unmar ried, ami Bryan Salley. 21 or 22, un married. Corbett is years old. Jones SaHgy. a widower, yeuis old, was brought to the Columbia h*• * mist eurhr g^otevday morning. He Ho > United Confederate Veterans Will Hold Tceimion on April 30th. WILLI8TON GOES RAPIDLY AHEAD IN PAST 6 MONTHS \ . * ^ Several Stores and Residences Com pleted and Others Being Built. PERSONS NEAR BANK WELL Williston, March 27.—Williston has made greater strides forward during The 28th annual meeting of the survivors of Camp George W. Morrall, United Confederate Veterans, will be held at Meyer’s Mill on Friday, April 30th, at 11 o’clock sharp. Dr. R. W. Sanders, of Greenville, will be the or ator of the day. At the same time and place the United Sons of Veterans, Camp B. B. Kirkland, will meet. The ladies are cordially invited to supplement the attendance with their ruction charming presence, accompanied by the usual baskets of good things. All the Veterans are urged to be with us on the occasion. The musical feature 1 the day, we think, will be as nv n- .f. tJuT past six months, than ever in its history. During that lime Q. A. Ken nedy has built a row of brick stores which are occupied by^the following firms, four of^ these being for Willis- tdn, Cone-Dicks Drug company, Enter prise Hardware company, S. P. Porter, Shapiro Bros., and Brown and Pol|i koph. Mr. Kennedy has also built four handsome bungalows that are already occupied. R. S. Martin and Q. B. Johnson also have just completed handsome new homes, and J. L. Shuler J. A. Lattimet -and Dr. W. T. Willis have homes in the course of con- Disease Takes Heavy Toll in Galilee Section of the County. ia; •» h< 1 rr iiaifui t ommai >m 1 Famv ufrn» i r. J f Kw L chants lumk uilding» ill mo\ e Ml ' Hi ft m wi m la Aflemie MMMMmwt S*( ■gVWeea ewt U f» 9Vgw* I ew4 HegiMifeie ee eu* aww e> % tegL- Nvwfie ha4b efl ■pi TW tHet r«| I h mmmtmm d t a <r >1 Ik/i vi Aav IkWl* I * tiw fcrfl •# hi ilw Imi i-» »■ ♦v Hair aeeAi ■aai i< real IT H Ik nsf HHMVe ftl ftHi |% Uit^faaik el lo eh* ctH w at t rttikA tt» tvt%%iE%R irau iftti Ik ei • wu ul e#ea tvtaev kite e** ek taMAgMft Hp Lmpm toAft HI 9 *« df «iHt tMH HI left H» I »f a • • -a pa l r v « % i rr «. wmm ket kwa i ta I. ■i Ml OHM.. TWO kH i a&g * * If Ho MM! 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Two deaths occured in the home of Mr. Johnson Black, he having died week before last, his wife following him to the grave last week. Their little daugh ter has been lingering between life and death for the past week, and shows little" if any inprovement. Mr. Arthur Hiers died last week at the home of his father-in-law, Mr. Riley Black, who is slowly recovering from an attack of the terrible disease. Mr. Sam Grubbs succumbed Saturday, making the fourth death in the neigh borhood within two weeks. Other families that have been stricken are as follows: Mr. Wash Black, wife and two children; Mr. Otis Creech, wife and seven children; Mr. Martin Grubbs, wife and two children; Mr. and Mrs. Kallte Block; Mr. W. H. Bloch, wife and sis children A are recovering ond they will soon he entirely well agnta. 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I ks -a. 4 a—■—ft**- d* f 1 Ml Mu* ^ ah^Nr^riA. J \ 1 *4 If H lilist— |* M Haar. m thr QwsttWhuum • » F* Ruck, A- f - r wHI W W Anas ! C. W lUir mg. M, E. h . i. i: far < avc ai Organising Nes Enter prior Storm \ inits Barnwell. Ac announced in last week** issue of The People, a mill working plant is to - I lx- organized in Barnwell. In another Tornadoes that swept the South and column of thin issue will he found the West Sunday killed scores of persons notice of opening books of subscrip- in Georgia, Alabama, Illinois. Ohio, tion to the Sherwood Lumber Manu- Missouri and Indiana, injured many faeturing Company, which will have a ^others and caused a property loss of j capital stock of $50,000. The board millions of dollars. Thunderstorms, i of corporators is composed of Messrs, accompanied by wind, rain and hail,; Butler Hagood, R. R. Moore and B. B. followed one another in rapid sucees- j Fosterling. It is not known at this sion over Barnwell and surrounding j time just where the plant will be lo- country Supday and Monday, but so j cated, but it is understood that enough far as y«n be learned little damage j material has already been .contracted VPjnr'done in this section. A photog-i for to run the mill ten years. Now let some one start brick yard and watch Barnwell grow. rapier’s tmt on the Court House square in Barnwell was blown down Sunday morning and his supplies dam. aged.by rain, while a farmer living a few miles from town reported that the hail stones that fell in his yard’ ankle deep.- Fortunately - no Wolud Join Bamberg County. were Governor Cooper yesterday received from residents^ of Barnwell county a crops were up to U* damaged by the. petition for an election on the ques- hail. I tion of annexing a portion of Barnwell county to Bamberg. The area in ques tion comprises 37.92 square miles ami - -Ol»uian*_\N ould Moif Here. Postmaster TVCHUH RMCTHfer * *►. For a long tiim* effort made to have ji has be.*n te r.-move*! that f from Barnwell hack ta BlaekvtlW. a nr One year agw aa act was pft»«rd by that |)Rr gwarewl aaaeai Uy peuhi * imp **** ••■Ah that t •— mt a eewtt hssgar a IthaW S'.ghL gpp - 1 smIk s uf g cawgfy haw- As gkaeuviRe l ^ 1# 4M siv g fsW Hukgl fnuus RaaaheftL & 4MM wiy Aha as a -•«< hi fRaRau g ■ 1 ihkl.aa »%►%%•* i imri <hftftftMvht^mL• KaMftl. ftl I < oebrtt • caatftHkbMi, aft oHt by j I other port toe. la that the men w the I machine applied a match to the punt Mr I put in the food to fill In a gully, droie I town the rood a short di»tance until I Corbett came out of hifthou»e ami ! then went hack and entrrvn into an altercation with him. As the tragedy occurred just across the Aiken county line in Orangeburg county, the inquest yesterday was con ducted by W. R. Kirkland, magistrate at Norway, Orangeburg county, who acted in the absence of the Orange burg coroner who w r as out of the state. The verdict'was that the men came to their death from gunshot wounds at the hands ,rf Carlos Cor bett 9 The five men left Salley at 10:30 o’clock Saturday night for J a drive ?;bmit six miiesr inta the country to the home of the parents of Julian Cooper, whose wife and two children wej’e sup posed to be there,. The Corbett home is on the highway-between Salley and, started, on the outgoing trip. Finding started in the outgoing trip. Finding that Mrs. Cooper and the children were not at the Coopers . but at the home of a neighbor back'between Cor bett's place ami Salley, it is stated t ihftry I hall fttitrtcd lull k. and up«.n riving at the Corbett place we ed by Corbett. Testimony yeste at the tfMyueftt was that Co^lwtl r«e*; gan »wear mg aad Art la red he ** had | ■gp run Haag am*givh hy people frag* I with thtwa Salley Rffeff la fwaadh, A m smM ; haa a ftghliag mh* ak aw a*ad. aaM the ftheusiag ea» I vgairaMiaia at kagfga aflee hew wwMb haH kasM ea-1 •peftateis aim fthaakpal la Rk* kmfJHwag •# LrrrI mm AhR aw ftgftft km kMMaghk sw ft thee* te aa pftgwamaMe me* »fta*w aad atb* • • law |a '•am k AAkmgMw sad weik taeai Waseamk haaa a#tM egwam aad >gai um I Hk* ^Tkk* « eaWMIt RbspAmR Laagwa * Aal HkMS. t«%. kwaag ghaswd pawHMHHB ggd Rhb I t* g*»AHftMft ameakgef ki wsa ggm gkfkM ha saMMNHMA Mt m the tesswa at AMsadMhft, HkftM<a eftHW f%a Me> ftSHsa# sag a# •vHm •• kg AgeR dl tw • ftftoftftiwH te >eft •** aasm tw tmi e •• i • te tw wMasMA Ha t»#e pSftyvfte A iwwaAggnai ww adapt «*4 hamrftwe, that Abe twaaa* maet ka feaagwwed af pAgpaft MvSHg adRMH H aadem s4 thews mdaa «# the twww A twataitft eeRaAgka •we peepaewd •i the ameiaag. wharh eaR* IW g «h» —fk ***** mu wmuR MtU—Sftift s «Mft#% aad H g| gg % §0 aRnprphnI I •' %«|R|t IhRMRM ns Had Ms 1 «Aw m m 11J0P , Bar H vsMgfknH 1 RHa :-4 kak— uf 1 rRJrra^r 9 ’•wAaa is j R K irk la ad. atagsetrale at Nerwa) eb• tame ta 8albr> that mwramg wtth Sheriff itglure The fterdirt rhanftd C'ariow < webett with the death of the three men. There wa« one witness—Louie Ssl ley. |M years of age. the only occupant uf the automobile not wounded. He testified that the three men who were killed, he and Jones Salley, who is in a critical shapy at a hospital in Co lumbia, left Salley in an aut/imohile lit/* ami that the machine got ^uck in some pumice in front of Carlos Cor bett’s house and that the pumice caught fire from back-fire, lie said that as they later came back past Cor bett's home he was out r in the road in his night clothes and stopped the car. The witness said that Corbett cursed and that the party in the auto- mobile-tried to reason with him. Cor- bett wanted to know what set fire to the pumice Salley said. > A large crowd attended the ipquest, the verdict of which was that these three young men came to their death from gunshot woupds at the hands of Cbriof Corbett. Corbett went to Columbia to give himself up and it is understood thal he reached the penitentiary at an early hour this morning. ha! mwdft tw bw*v ft rwrwwftd wivh rwra l ftifb fttMftH i»f tbM nttau tlirtiwgb j jwifit rvwwbitiow m rwwgrwww “Our tMvcwligaUafift bring ta light I I tlw rrrtamty of an rnoi mow rvduc- 1 tion ia the ftorallod »urplu» from pre- viow ftraaon». Aft a rrsult of tHlft in- vest igation we are facing a 1920 crop at least five weeks late in prepara tion; we are facing an enormous labor shortage, no surplus to draw from and late crops with an enormous in creased inroad of the T>oll weevil which means the absolute certainty of enor mous insect damage, labor bein^r short to plant and it requiring many times increase for harvesting the outlook for the present crop from a labor standpoint is exceedingly gloomy: “YYy are facing the biggest demand for cotton which has existed for the <• past 60 years; the world is clamoring for cotton goods and the manufactur ers are -making unthinkable profits. With the absolute certainty of j* small crop even under the most -favorable conditions and the possibility of the shortest cotton crop * in the last 25 years under adverse weather condi tions, the cotton industry of the world today should read in box car letters the danger sign, and the manufactur- Ha- l ighting Chance. Jonas r t ^lur*^ It ta pr»p issH tbat —Hi I— play mm gnmm at b— —rb week and mm m i hr raud Aa —on ns tW scKsduls la adopted it will tw published in these columns alleged profiteering of cotton mills in er u’ho fails to cover his wants under J the United States, which appears in a these conditions lacks the first prin-1 recent issue of The Congressional v ate* of good sound business judg-i Record. In this address the follow* ig was brought out: ley, whe > wm s li ngght te — ho»p mi early Sum day och 8aB Aiken cusp kudlst w ■I &R IH (Mr Im «dy mgnt. ^ Gift— Result*. M Aa invrstigatft* n bu*>ud upon supply and draMMftd, based upon the price uf the msiiafw farad pvadHrt dhows that mw fwttiMi ia th« cheapest 1 It observed that the ta* *4 these vsras ft in the world today, selling far below a fair price. Off grades are aril mg at a price that means murder to the pro- ducef. We wish to quote the follow ing figures taken from The Textile World Journal, showing the range of prices ofJhre? sizes of combed yarns, taken semi-annually from June, 1914, to December, 1919. The three sizes are No. 40, 2 ply, No. 60, 2 ply and No. 80, 2 ply. * . • 1914 1915 1916 June Dec. June Dec. June Dec. 2-40a— $ .43 $ .38 $. 40 $..50 $ .58 $ .85 2-60s 55 .50 .52 .65 .75 1.05 2-80s - .75 .70 -.72 .85 1.00 1.25 June Dec. June Dec. June Dec. 2-40rT~85 .90 1.00 .95 1.20 2.50 2-60s -- LIO l.lfr 1.25 T:20 1.55 3.50 2-80s L40 1.45 1.55 1.50 2.00 4.75 “We wish also to refejr to an ad dress made by Congressman Tilson of Connecticut in directing the federal trade commission ■ to investigate the lJt ■■ <•» tu—*