The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, August 26, 1920, Image 1
BARNWELL W THE LONG AGO.
f»t «W qmrUr July
1, Accordtef to Xhm Affurw compUod
by th* ttoto highway commimion
Tbla quarter actually represents the
Aral half of 1920, as no compilation
was made for the first quarter of this
year. In some instances a portion of
the funds have been set aside for the
maintenance of roads that may be
taken over by the commission. Fol-?
lowing are the amounts that will be
turned over to the counties in this
section: 1
Aiken .__$ 9,588.90
Allendale 2,944.26
Bamberg * 6,079.55
Barnwell 5,130.39
Colleton 3,412.96
Calhoun x 4,544.16
Dorchester 3,453.06
Hampton ... ..... 4.091.53
Jaspor .... .... ....... 875.11
• Orancsbur* 17,777i)6
cotton •t-rmio
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tbs mattsr undsr advlssmsat la
to •asm• as authoriUse which the at
torneys submitted
W. D. Mayfield, Jim Breedtn and
Henry B. Sandifer, Bamberg county
men, are wanted in ^lorth Carolina on
a charge of kidnaping, it being al«
leged that they kidnaped two negro
farm hands and brought them to
South Carolina. Mayfield had previ.
ously attempted to secure the extra
dition of the two negroes from North
Carolina and the request had been re
fused by Governor Bickett.
Attorneys for the defendants have
contended that the governor has au
thority'to inquire into the guilt or in-
nocence of the alleged fugitives be
fore granting extradition. This point
was raised by counsel for the three
South Carolina men at the first hear
ing for extradition several days ago.
the attorneys
of t*
for the
tit
My earliest recollections of Mer
chants In Barnwell date back for
nearly 70 years,—at least, 65 years.
They are associated vividly and sweet
ly with my Mother’s trips to the town
in a buggy, with “Old Spark,” a bay
horse, then worn and feeble from
years of faithful service—plowing,
hauling and the like. My father, feel
ing that this old equestrian hero was
entitled to some consideration and
gratitude for his long years of toil,
turned him over to my Mother’s ten
der care, bountiful feeding and mod
erate use. “Spark” was exclusively
now her “buggy-horse.” He retained
to the end of hia career, hia willing-
neaa, obedience and fidelity; but he
waa too weak now to stand the hard,
ships of younger days. “Spark” w
a good one; and Mother loved hil
We ought to Jove and be kind to aai-
of fapt
gentle towards ms. Aftor
his store la ashes by rscklsi
he told goods in his residence, stand
ing on the lot now occupiad by the
Baptist parsonage. I bought from
him some cloth for a suit, while he
did business there. One day, at his
cordisl invitation, I dined with him.
He set a good table, indeed; yet
apologized, saying: “Robert, we
town folks can’t get up good dinners
like you country people.” I thought
the meal a very fine one. He had
good cheese and crackers and other
“dainties” that I loved and preferred
to my good fare at home—good, I
mean, in those hard, scanty post-bel
lum days following Sherman’s devas
tating march.
“Copt. Brown’
a bachelor;
day as
for
<Yi
fine-looking, rather corpulent, always
neatly attired. I remember his
starched linen, white vest, low she
hi summer, and hia enow-white seel
I heard he Imd ease had a *1a«
God
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of fine dairy
of the herd were polaoaqd, and more
of them may die from the poieoning.
Mr. Mayfield had used arsenate of
lead as a poison for the boll weevil on
some hilly land near his pasture. The
night following a heavy rain fell
which flooded the fields and swamps,
causing the water to back up in the
pasture. It is supposed that the poi
son wap carried by the flood into the
pasture lands, and when the cattle
ate the grass or drank the water they
bacame sick from the effects of the
poison.
This is a very great loss to Mr.
Mayfield, as it is well known that his
dairy herd is one of the finest in the
state. Many of his cew* ore prise
and worth big money. As a
ult of the
of the dairy
kh adds to the leas taototaad by
to *e uae ef to* dmd
ud mm me use uf ma
Mayor, the Hon. J, Emile Harley, who
serived in this capacity so acceptably
a few years ago and waa drafted by
the citisens of the town to make the
race again, after he had declined to
do so whan approached by certain
friend* His popularity is shown by
the fact that he was unopposed and
also by Hie vote, he having polled 263
out of 207.
The race for Aldermen was close
and interesting, a margin of only a
few votes separated some of the can
didates. Five erere elected on the
first bellot, but a second race will bo
necessary between T. J. Attaway and
A. E. Hartir., neither of whom re
ceived the neceeary majority. Th only
was ths more stringent
of the prohibHien
Mayer-elect Harley
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ends Wednesday and around that time
several private bureau report* on con
dition will appear. Opinion is sharply
divided a* to whether the crop ha*
fallen or held its own lately. Reports
of last week tnade it plain that dry
weather was imperative in many sec
tions of the belt and a return to such
conditions would probably cause
much new selling while continued
wet and cloudy weather would bring in
a large demand.
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Orcupants were net at houm About
tbs same date tbs Hercules Smgleton
resideure waa burned by defective
flue.
N. A. Patterson.
Mias Frances Verdrey has return
ed to Augusta after a visit to her
sister, Mrs. Victor Mate.
Lyndhurst Items.
Lyndhurst, Aug. 20.—Messrs. R. H.
and Frederick Gantt, of Allendale, are
spending the week-end with relatives.
Misses Lestie Glover and Emily
Caldwell, of McPheraonville, who have
been spending some time with Mr. R.
M. Hay and family, returned borne 00
Messers. J. D. Bethea and H. J.
Phillips attened a dance in Aiken
Tuesday night of last week.
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maud. I thmk. uheu Jehuaeu ato
Bvueregnrd. Jack a—. Hampton. Lee.
Bartow, and their bsuve “bey* la
gray” won that famous fight. Col.
Ryan spoke with pnde of the victory
and waa very sanguine about Anal
Southern Independence.
, I well remember several other Barn,
well (town) merchants: “Capt. Sid
Brown,” Mr. Miller, Mr. Bowman, Mr.
Tom Richardson, Mr. Westerman (I
think)—besides Dr. Harley and Dr.
Frank Brown—well known druggists.
Robert Harley and a brother—sons
of Mr. Jacob Harley—kept the Harley
Drug Store, and Mr. Brown, his own.
L-stood, as a small boy, watching, at
times, these gentlemen “fill prescrip
tions.” I remember how Robert Har
ley (later of Allendale, I think)
laughed and “teased” Major Jones M.
Williams, .oge day^ while mixing
drugs. The Major—a noble gentle
man—did not “crack a smile.” Mr.
Frank Brown wort generally a serious
pharmarlst I. always
had a Mgh regard fat him Aad hia
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evil", without a justify mg veasoa.
may entail a Met that will he hard
to eradicate.
“Who steals my puree, steal* trash;
But he who filches from me my
good name
Rob* me of that which not en
riches him.
But makes me poor indded.”
“A good name is rather to be chos
en that great riches.” My young
reader, I beg you to remember this,
and other Scripture Proverbs. ,
I owe thanks to Mr. Bowman (he
was a nice Jew) for an up-lifting
compliment. As Mother bought cloth
(say, so many yards) from him she
would ask me “how much it cost.”
Mr. Bowman exclaimed: “Your little
boy can count good!” But let me
check, here, the ganculuous and remi
niscent old man.
However. I beg to add that just
after “art bays in gray” (ragged
gray) return lag from tbe war country
ag ap aU peat Bara
TV# add “t C End
U p*> i apt Riley for *UUfc.
little cask toft. 80 murk fee certaia
~ Ei-Confederate” soldier*, jaat after
the war. The times were indeed
hard. Industrious white lad lee-
farmers' wives and daughter*—spun
cotton, wove cloth, cut and made
clothes for the men and women.
“Homespun” (some of it very nice)
was “all the go,” or principal reliance
for garments, during and following
the war. Shoes, during the war, were
made chiefly at farmers’ homes from
tanned hides,—tanned at home. White
men and negro men made the shoes,
using thread and wooden pegs* I
could “peg soles” myself, after
some fashion. I wore into the Army,
Sept., 1864, home-made shoes that
served me well, five months on James
Island and three months, through mud
and water, to Greensboro, N. C. As
I was leaving for home, I drew a pair
ef heavy, “irau-elad” aboea aa Inch
too tong for ■* marrbad borne. 119
mfioo. la tom. aad uaad torn all af
toad four IBBk. I f*Ai to aay ** B
om la to* etorv of toe Obi* Muad
la a ■
Utoe toon early
la connect ion with toe
paign that the County
Agents arc putting on la
county this fall the early molting hen
{* the one to be discarded. Th* old
theory of keeping the early molting
hen has been exploded. Sava money
and feed bills and make the poultry
flock one of the best paying branchea
of the farm. Either kill or market
the hen that sheds her feathers be
fore the middle of September.
Utoto *
Olar Newa.
Olar, Aug. 21.—Miss Daisey Riser
is visiting in New York and other
Northern cities.
Supt. F. C. Chitty of the Olar high
school has returned from Grovtland,
Ge. t where he has been spending hia
Mt. and Mr. M. E. RIm
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