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Barnwell People lun -Ju%l LMl# #1 Me ol I MR\mrtt eni m « %91111% %. iiittxmn|. 9,1, II%t fftt. ttJ* m unra 9k IUR ANNOUNCE ANNUAL REUNION 1 AS CANDIDATES! AT MEYERS MILL COUNTY CONVENTION WAS VERY HARMONIOUS AFFAIR SOLDIER S BODY RETURNED HOME ftMAB A. nun\N\ TO Kl N FOR LEGISLATURE. BH Wenator Kennedy, Sheriff Sanders and me Representative Hutson for Reelection. ® The formal announcements of four ‘Candidates appear in this issut of The. Njople—CoL . Ed*rar A. Brown of larnwell, and Representative G. W. KHlutson, of Elko, for the House of VRepresentatives, Senator Arthur M. Kennedy; of Williston, for reelection, and Sheriff C. Keys Sanders, former- ^ ly of Blackville and now of this city, for reelection. All of these gentle men are well known to the voters of Barnwell County and need no intro- 1 duction at the hands of this news- ' .paper. [ * Col. Brown is chairman of the Dem- t ocratic party in this county, in which : rapacity he has served for the past LARGE CROWD ENJOYED EXER 1 ' CISES FRIDAY. Visitors Entertained W ith Song, Music, Historical Address and Gorgeohs Dinner. two years. L firm of Brow Jfti this city, and Hi u mg I <♦ , • ll< a member of the Bush, attorneys, of » a large and grow- ha* been act* and font t an an Meyer’s Mill, May 3,—On the 3()th ult., the Confederate soldiers, their families and friends again assembled in annual reunion at Meyer’s Mill, it being estimated—that skme 1,500 or 1,800 persons w£re present. Colum bia, Greenwood, Sumter and other cities have had their reunions, but in point of entertainment, song, music, historical address and gorgeous din ner of finest menu, with that w'hole- some welcome we received, can any reunion surpass that held at Meyer’s Mill? Her noble sons and daughters, far and near, seemed to vie in their laudable effort to make each reunion a grander success than that preceding. Everyone enjoyed the occasion and treated it as the greatest holiday of the year, and there was not a single incident to mar the pleasure of the day. The meeting a as called to order otaowt II ocftoHi by Mr J. Staff Hal* ford, rumamndant of Camp Morrell, 1* I*. V„ Mayer J. AAaetm Meyer, art rreyer *s* offered All Officer* Re-elected. But Treasurer Reaigned.—Convention J» Opposed to Woman Suffrage and Australian Ballot Law.—Wilson and Cooper Endorsed. Refusal to endorse woman sufrage, the passage of ' a resolution fav oring the repeal of the Australian bal lot law insofar as it applies to the rural districts and towns of less than 5,000 inhabitants, the endorsement of he present State and National Admin istrations, the recommendation, that delegates from South Carolina to the National Convention.in San Francisco be unfhstrueted and the formation of a new/club to be known as “The Heal ing Springs Democratic Club” were, the outstanding feature* of the Coun ty Convention, which was held here Monday. The meeting, which was called to order at noon in the Court House by County Chairman Edgar A. Brown, was a moat harmonious affair from •tart to ftniah. bring absolutely devoid of fart Kmlism in any shape or form Immediately after the enrollment of irlr^ntea. Jamea r. Ibivta, r.s*| ^ cam* mmfed tbr officer* of the Can* tfer ■OAti'wf to ok Committeeman Creech. Exc- Duncan. Executive, D. \V. Brown. Friendship—H. C cutive Committeeman, H. C. Creech. Hercules—N. A. Hiers, J. A. Mor ris C. F. Carter. Executive Commit teeman, N. A. Hiers. Hilda—\V. G. Collins, F. D. Row ell, Harry Hutto. Executive Com mitteeman, W. G. Collins. Great Cypress—(No delegates). ' Red Oak—S. E. Moore, R. R. Moore. Executive Committeeman, S. E. Moore. * . Reedy Branch—J. M. Grubbs. Ex ecutive Committeeman. J. M. Grublts. Rosemary’—\V. C. Kennedy, J. W. Folk*. Executive t ommitteemnn. J. W. Folk. Si loam—J. W llates. Executive 1 om nutter man .4. W. Bate* BARNWELL Yol TH DIED ROUTE TO FRANCE. EN Judge Charles Carroll Simms Faya Glowing Tribute to Walter I). Richardson. 3-COUNTY LEAGUE STARTS OFF WELL BARNWELL. ‘WILLISTON BAMBERG WIN. AND Ralph Brown Twirled Local Team to Victory in Opening Game Against Denmark. RESULTS TUESDAY. Barnwell 8, Denmark 4. W illiston 1, Allendale 0. Bamberg 4, Blackville 0. p WTUtstofi—W’ D. II tudy* M C\ Kit* king thro W P W aUh ml Kennedy I. W C Smi K K lN*r% la. K%eri BMMK mf ■■ HHMMk h| | ** 11 « m M. Ken E l*rv* r-t m. a l|#ff Id ’ The body of Walter D. Richardson, late of the expiditionary forces who died in a hospital in France in September, 1918, reached Barnwell Saturday morning and was laid to rest with Masonic honors in the Baptist churchyard, the Rev. L. E. Peeler, pas tor of the Barnwell Methodist Church, conducting the funeral services in the presence of a large concourse of sor rowing relatives and sympathetic friends. Mr. Richardson, who was a-son of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Richardson, of this city, enlisted in the signal corps of the army early in 1918 and was sent to a tiaining camp in New Jersey. Hr embarked for France when the rpelemic of influenta was at its height I I ami • 1 *ntreeled tbr disease while I I aboard ship, dying shortly after his ! IWnmark in tbr 1 I arrival. In response to a request j here Tuesday aftei I from bis parents the gmrenuoeut of* r features of the ga WHERE THEY PLAY FRIDAY. Barnwell at Blackville. Allendale at Denmark. Bamberg at W’illiston. 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P. | au ihotity \ civ en us and with the | nil e- of th, t* r h-mocratic pa rty. • *(Signe«l i Mil ledge Hunkm son. i c. Healing Springs Demo. Club »• Columhia, May 3—Thomas H. Peeples, attorney general for three successive terms, and recently must- erer out oi’ the service with the rank of major, will most likely make the race this summer against E. D. Smith, f »r iIh* United Slates -fnate. ^ f-onfrrntrr of the •uppirtcr* of U. W. LI 4 r»> irt And Lyndhurst, May 1.—Mrs. (). P. The formation of the new club was Hay, and children,*of Raleigh. N. C., approved by the Convention and the are spending some weeks here, the delegates ordered seated, the per- gucsts of Mr. John M. Gantt and fam- 1 manent roll of the Convention being ily. as follows: Mr. Fred H. Gantt, of Columbia, Roll of Delegates, also Mr. Marshall Gantt, of that city, Barnwell—Edgar A. Brown, B. P. spent the week-end with relatives. Davies, G. M. Main, N. G. W. Walker, Mr. R. M. Hay and family are the R. W. Riley, J. E. Harley. J. J. Bush, guests of relatives in Charleston. I II. U. O’Bannon, James E. Davis, C. - Mr. I,., G. Hay paid a flying visit C. Simms. Executive Committeeman, to Columbia during the past week. Edgar A. Brown. Miss M.^P. Hay is spending some Bennett Springs—W. A. Meyer, C. time with relatives in Charleston. : 1>. Ellis. Executive Committeeman. Despite the boll weevil -rumors, quite A large amount of cotton is be ing planted in this section. J. A. Meyer. ’ \ • Blac kville- C. H. Mathis, J. V Baxlev. V. H. Ninestcin, (alternate mt atbn 1 a* rT«MMftr*a 10 igvogouc pmwv i» mm "*i rouMry. and hM yutf^oCw af» fort to unify tbr world Tbr rhUM • f tbr RrpuMmin party that the |(>th aiiirlr contained in tbr Artirlr* of Peace promulgated at \ er<dille* i* imm.i,aid,* to tl.e Unite I State* t* in our opinion unfounded in fait, and we believe is U*ing urg,*,! by said party as a means to Mne up with them the ignorant, unwary unci uninformed clasg of the voting population whom it hopes to prejudice and thereby align with it, with the hope that the Demo cratic Party can be supplanted by it. “These methods are the work of the demagogue and are revolutionary in themselves and dangerous to good government. “That we rehew our allegiance to our party, both National and State, and stand ready to render thereto all our means, physical and financial, to promote its success, f t*Wc are proud of the administra- Hoh of bur Governor add those who ape aligned with him in the adminis tration of our State ^Government, and we give it our Specific endorsement.” hr th ft br II Cft , ft On tt iMflorret* ivrwtMfl at* dutv to f * run flMtituiw***, ond ft Itarfr• • tbr ntb • mt th* ItHflo rretHr P*rt> and tbr Law of thr Htutr rr*iuirr the •igtitvig wf thr rlub f,>ll by rack voter in t*» *af«gu*>rd and protect the prinuiry, and “ftherea*. too L«ntr a percentage of j %k, if Brr of the Party in thr State; these signatures in 1914 ami again in I aru j expraaa re pertaining to for E. F. Poylston), James J. Ray, II | will b** nvn <*4 r! Boyl^ston (alternate for II. L Hui*tl v V.\ C. Dychi*. L. F. Hat U’len al, for J. II. S«.rMler»i. J P fed bv wmg ri Emt! idufon was thi n of- llarlry. Esq., th* fi* Tc tfi l^einif nti I by Cant W. D 19Hi were marked with a cross, there by indicating a lack of foundation training amon^r the voters as well as fundamental weakness and neglect in our public school system, conditions which ought not to have existed and which can and shoui* oe remedied: “Now, Therefore. Be It Resolved by the Democratic' Convention of the County: “First, That-eCery white Democrat- should "be able to write his own name on the roll of his local club in order that the minimum number of signa tures may have to be signed other wise. Every voter unable to sign his o\v<i name and read his own ballot ought to be given an 'opportunity to learn how to read and write before the •mf of 1920 • “Second That the public prove me nt of recent years i r»h 1 bv the imnn*. school im- •♦ed* to I* ! r«* “Whereas, we Lave observed the operation of the Australian Ballot Act, and not believing that the meth od of voting under the provisions of this Act is productive of any l>etter results than were obtained under the old system of holding Democratic primaries, and the, holding of elec tions under the provisions of said Act being, both confusing and unreason ably expensive; “Be It Resolved: That we favor a repeal of the Australian Ballot Act insofar as it applies to rural districts and towns of less than five thousand (5,000j inhabitants.” This resolution was the subject of considerable debate the present sys tem of voting having several staunch champions. However, after a motion to table was defeated, the resolution was adopted by a large majority. 1 Aft was to have been ejtpe* t<*d at r th itkm of wo *tr *uf- Ctm- ft W0% t «*»«•# Ml f SBHftflfl 11 ft*r* ’Mtflfl**Ui<« # - flMftft flBflftftflL Iflftftp * |ft| > Mi t re