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\ .VOLUME XLIV. 4< Ju&t Like a Member of the Famlly M BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1920. - :v NUMBER 17. MUCH PROPERTY DAMAGE IS, CAUSED BY CYCLONE Loss of Thousands of Dollars Suffered in Laurens Last Week. Laurens, Dec. 22.—A storm which broke with almost cyclonic fury here this afternoon between 3 and 4 o’clock wrought thousands of dollars damage to buildings, telephone, telegraph and power company lines but so far is not known to have resulted in any loss of life. All lines of communication with the outside are out of commission with the exception long distance tele phone and Ore city i»' in darkness to night. Reports state that a negro church in the surburbs was blown away. The First Methodist Church also suffered damage from the terrific blow. A store was blown down at Watts, near here, it is stated.— — In the city proper the store of Abe '►Diamon and the building’"occupied by the Central Cafe were unroofed. The main building of the Laurens Glass Manufacturing Company was badly damaged. / One Pf the towers of the Upurens Coton Mills was unroofed in that vi- ♦^mtv n ^damage- done hV UL* A CORDIAL INVITATION. A cordial invitation is Issued to all delinquent subscribers to The People to calbat this office while in the city and hut themselves in good standing as members of The People family. A good time to discharge this duty will be Monday, which is salesday and also “Cot ton Acreage Reduction Day.” If you don’t expect to visit the county seat any time soon, remember that Uncle Sam’s mail service is in daily operation and he will take pleasure in delivering your check to us.' In order that our subscribers may knpw whether or not they are due ,The People anything, we are placing a “blue ring” around the address label of all whose subscriptions have expired or will expire January 1st, 1921. Remember, this is not a “dun,” but is, as stated above, an invitation to put yourself in good standing. OBSERVE JANUARY 3 AS ACREAGE REDUCTION DAY President Hamer CaflsT Meeting for Every County in the State. MRS. W. C. BIRT KILLED AND FOUR GIRLS INJURED p** TO UNVEIL PORTRAIT OF HERO OF THE REVOLUTION John Laurens W r ill Receive- Tribute of South Carolina People. also. Sf village of the concern. It is estimated that possibly a hun dred telephone, telegraph and cable poles in the city -proper were either blown down or snapped off like sticks. Large trees were uprooted in various sections of the city as well.* The storm seemed to approach from a Southwesterly direction. On ac count of wires practically all being down nothing has lieen heard however horn Ware Shoals, Hodges or Abbe ville, all generally apeaking in the direction from which the storm seems to have approached. An almost twilight darkness set tled over the city when the storm I roke and there was a deafening crash and roar for several miriufes. Those " who paid closest attentiorv to the i-Torm slate that it was difficult to ."ay what the direction of the wind was, everything appearing to be «aught in a sudden whirl. It is Ih*- l.eved the storm swerved towards al most due north going out of the city. SOUTH CAROLINA SPENDS $111,000,000 FOR IMPORTS 1 * I Huge Amount Paid Out to Other States ft4 Food and Feed Stuff. Florence, Dec. 23.—Amid the fi nancial difficulties attendant upon the farmers of South Carolina because of the low price of cotton and . the lack of market*, jn finishing out $1117 000,000 in cash to import from other Shites corn, mixed feeds, oats, meats and similar commodities to meet their oU*n lack of production of sufficient of these supplies to feed themsleves at home. This is the discovery of the committee on banking, legislation and warehousing of the Soi^h Carolina Division of the American Cotton As sociation. presented in the following extract from their complete report: “The following expenditures will prove the assertion that our agricul ture is on a precarious foundation. We find that in the current year we have imported into South Carolina the following farm products: 800 BALES OF COTTON * BURNED AT ORANGEBURG Estimat^Lqsji at $.»0,000 in Second Big Fire Within Two Weeks. Orangeburg, S. C., Dec. 26.—Or- angebufg’s second cotton fire with in the past fortnight last night de stroyed about 800 hales and part of the building of the Oraiwr^j^n^ Corn Mixed ft-cdit Hay - Uats Flour Bacon Beef Eggs and butter Canned good" % 15.000.(»00 1 :'»,ooo,ooo 12.000,000 10.000.000 20,0410,0410 20.000,000 n.ooo.ooo 5.000.000 13,04 M MM HI EnnrJeiT' it The loss of apnroximately $50,000, ex clusive of the building, fs said to be covered by insuranee. Several freight cars on a siding were also destroyed by the flames, hut the Standard Oil Company** tanks and th4j plant of the Southern Cotton Oil Company, nearby, were saved. C hristmas fireworks is supposed to have !>een the muse of the fire, the blaze appearing to have its beginning on a side of the • warehouse which was not provided with firewalls. The building had been left in an unfin ished condition in the anticipation of an addition being built and had only board walls where the flames started. 1 be other recent cotton fire was at the fair grounds where cotton held by the Arangeburg Marketing Associa tion was con*umed. This blaze is supposed also to ha\e been of'acci dental origin. Formal announcement has been made by Governor Cooper, Chairman W. A. Clark, of the South Carolina Historical Commission, and Col. John J. Dargan, historian of the commis sion, that the exercises signalizing Lhe unveiling of a portrait of Colonel John Laurens in the State House at Columbia will take place January 13, 1921. The program of exercises will he made .known later. The announce ment follows: , “Under the appointment of *the legislature, we are now preparing to place the portrait of Colonel John I^aurens in the most. suitable situa tion in the State House, in our capi tal city, and to have the unveiling ex ercises so conducted as to attract .wide attention to the remarkable en dowments and highly meritorious Columbia, Dec. 23.—R. C. Hamer, president of the South Carolina Di vision of t|>e 'American Cotton Asso ciation, ha3 issued a call for a meet ing in every county in South Carolina Monday * January 3, which is “Acreage Reduction Day.” The meetings in each county will be held at the county se^t and' plans for a vigorous cam paign to secure a reduction of i the cotton acreage in the State will fol low. Binding pledges have been printed to be signed by the land owners, the farmers, the bankers and the mer chants. The pledges to be used in this State are sirrtilar to those adopted by the cotton acreage reduction con ference at Memphis. The same pledges will be used in avery State in the cotton belt. , The land owners wnll be asked to sign a pledge that they will not only permit their tenant'*, but .will'require as far as they can that they plant in cotton for the year 1921 not to ex ceed one-third the land’s actual cul- — The farmers w ill bo asked to sign I *"<1 diplomatic officials. His and pledge that during the year 1921 notable as to give him they will not plant in cotton more * P |ac « of h •****» 1 honor in the world’s than one-third of the lamia eultivated j ***** of heroism and brilliant a- during the year. * hievements. k \. The merchants will be asked to sign ^ recommendation of (ten- a pledge not to fbintsh any farmer l,ru * Hashington he was chosen by who refuses to subseribe to the pledge congr»ss as a special envoy of the not to plant over one-third of his cul- ^ nited States to solicit further aid tivated la ml ‘in cotton, for the year M rom France of men, money and mw- 1921: The (tankers w ill be asked to nihons of war on sea and land, j At SNELLING AND LAURENS, HIT BY TERRIFIC WINDS. FUNERAL PARTY IN PATH Storm of Unprecedented Violence Leaves Death and Destruction in Its Wake. .j. The Dead: A Mrs. W. C. Birt, of SneRing. i < The Injured: Miss Sina Birt, of Spelling, y Miss Agnes Hill, of Spelling. !£ Miss Marie Hill, of Snelling. i Miss Eunice HUl, of Snelling. A cyclone that struck the little town^ of Snelling, five miles west of Barnwell, about 4 o’clock Wednesday afternoon of last week,, completely destroyed the residence of Mr. W. C. galleg hi wifi awd mjaw SHORTAGE IN ACCOUNTS ALLEGED BY GRAND JURY Alabama Reports Tornado. Eufaula, Ala., Dec.22.—A tornado e<] t« ii Rules north of Eufaula at I't o'clock this .morning, uproot mg trees and demolished a numl>er of! houses, but no reports of loss of life j have been received, although telephone I wires are blown down and telegraph j service is l>eing conducted undei Total- . . $1 ll.tMMl.4MMI — ~ ^ ^ ^ \uditi»r’" Xppointmcntrt. Former Hampton Treasurer Said lla^e Been Short (Uer $17.IMNl. to r i uiin y. nv. MiiWFfrW'ffPlWHf The Auditor will ?>e at the follow ing plates on the dates named for th* purpose of making returns for 1921. | Duniiarton. Tuesday. Jan. 4. Robbins. Wednesday* Jan. 5. Meat Dealer Cuts Price. Marit n, Dec. 24.—The price of choice steaks has been eut here by a local grocer and market man from cents to 2.’> cents per pound. The I dealer in groceries and merits said j that he was able to buy beeves 1 butchered and delivered for 12 1-2 j rents a pound and that he felt that it was no longer reasonable to hold the price at war-tini:.' level. ' Other markets here, following suit, have reduced prices, though not to the extent of the dealer who took the lead in reduction of prices. Some other commodities that have decTinecT sharply in price here are sugar, meal, hominy, rice, ham, coffee., potatoes and nuts. The drop in many of these staples haft been as much a$ 50 per cent. —— “ III f "M.-l \ , 7T Hilda. Friday, Jan 7. BlackviMe, Tuesday, Jan. 11. Elko, Wednesday. Jan.' T2. Williston, Thursday. Jan. 13. Mercatus, Frhjgy, Jan. 14. .'>o per cent, penalty added for not making returns by February 20th, 1921. R. W. RILEY, jTo. Auditor. Columbia, Dec. 22.- \V. A. Mason* former treasurer «»f Hampton Coun ty. is alleged to have ln-cn short in his accounts to an amount aiggregnj- ing SlT.sm.Ml, according to a veri- sign a pledge that they will confine credit * xtension to farmers and mer chants signing the acreage reduction pledges. At the headquarters of the South Caiulina Division of the Ameri can cotton Association it was said to day that farmers from all over South Carnttna were HTtring voluntarily ex pressing their intention of reducing their acreage next year. 99.%? FORD CARS ARE MADE IN SINGLE MONTH One Da>*M Record M a* l.liMM ( arw, or One E\er> 18 1-2 Second**. During October 99,967 Ford cars were made in the Ford factory at l>e- troit and shipped out to join the four ami one-half million already in ser vice. This is the highest record ever reached by the Ford Company, or any other company*. Thirty-three more young girls, one of whom 7 was his daughter. They are Misses Sina Birt. Agnes Ifill, Marie HUl and Eunice Hill. Mrs. HVrt was killed in stantly. being caught under the heavy timebr and bricks, and it ia thought that her body prevented the other oc cupant* of the dwelling froan meeting a similar fate. To add to the horror Sf the imprisoned children, the ruins of the house caught fire and Misa Agars Hill was painfully burned be fore a rescue party arrived from Snelling, Ax few hunored yards away. All four girls were badly bruised and suffered greatly from mental shock. The funeral pntresajon of Mr. Can non P. Langley, on its wgy from Barnwell to Seven Pines Chareh, near Snelling, was caught in the path of “Let us. therefore, on this occasion, the storm and the tops of several am- pay him that tribute which will estab- tomobile* were tom to shreds. Largo lish the devotion of his own people P*"* "*** snapped off several ami make his life an inspiration to from the top as though they were the most critical period in the history of the war he in the face of opposing influences, secured the timely help which saved the Americans from dis- couragemtnt and final defeat. His fame is embalmed in our early histo ne* by faithful authors and must be perpetuated by their Worthy succes sors. . liberty lovers throughout the world. "R. A. Cooper, “(ioteroor of South Carolina. “W A. Clark. “Chairman of the South Caro lina Historical Commission. “John J. Dargan, “Historian of this Commission.” Mrs. Joe* Rnmn Injured. Mistake Preacher for Thief. Detroit, Dec.. 26.—Mistaken for a thief as he was hurrying to his church yyilh communion cups under his arm the Rev, Harry G. Miley, pastor of St. Paul’s English Evangelical Church was stopped and badly beaten by h crowd here today. The minister was knocked down twice and kicked by members of the crowd before heVould make his identity known. He av a Iked to the church and received first aid after being liberated. Mr. ^Miley’fc face was cut and he wag badly bruised. Send U* Your Job Work. News has been received in Barn well that Mrs. Joe Brownrformerty of this city, is critically ill in Asheville, X. C., as the result of a fracture at the base of the brain,- which injury was sustained when she felt down stairs about a week ayro. She has been in. a semi-conscious condition since the accident amT^fEe doctor in attendance holds out no-4v>pe for 1ior recovery. Mrs. Brown is the mother of Mrs. J. I). Moore, whose husband was a former pastor at Barnwell. Fatal Auto Uollission. Augusta. Ga,, Dec. 26.—The four- teen-year old son of Anderson Greed, of (iloversville, S. (\, was instantly killed; Mr. Creed, his wife and Mrs. Purvis and her two daughters, of (iloversville, S. C., were seriously if not fatally injured this afternoon near Langley, when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by another car. in which there were two men and a woman, believed to be resi- <** dents of Augusta. TTrr—' ! ini-- - ' nr Hampton County grand jury, made December 24'. 1920, and filed with Gov ernor ( oojkv teday. The Attorney General is requested to lK*gin action in the name of the State to recover amount from the bondsmen of Mr. Mason. According to tin* presentment. \nd from other sources, it has lieen found that no record has been brought to light of the renewal of the former treasurer's bond when he was recom missioned February 15, 1915, for a term of four years. Neither the office oi the Secretary of State, then under- tho administration of the former head of the department, R. M. MeCown, of Florence, nor that of the State Treas urer. where the bonds pf State of ficials are to be filed, have any record of the bond being issued. VV. A. Ma son was first appointed during the" Blvase administration on February 24>, 1913, took out his bond and wag commissioned March 9, 1913. He was renominated in 1914 and again ap- frnntcd on February 9.—1915,—under L)iidhun*t Item-*. Mr. Fred II. Advertise in THE PEOPLE. -:he Manning administration and com missioned February 25, 1915. He re- signihI—afuF'-K- B.—(’-au-sey- was- -ap pointed by Governor Cooper to suc ceed him on November 29, 1920, and Mr. Causey was commissioned on the 9th of this month. Cotton Ginnings. There were 2K,01K bales of >otton, counting round as half bales, ginned in Barnwell County; from the crop of 1920 prior to December 13, as com pared with 29,650 bahs ginned to the same date in 1919. up to the mark for the month. October 26 was the banner hav ing brought forth 4,68ft cars. This was also a record breaker. It means that one ear was completed every eighteen and one-half seconds for the entire twenty-four hour day. The Ford estimate for this year is one- quarter million ears and trucks. It was during the fall of 1909 that Henry !• ord placed on the market his now famous Model “T”—the car that brought Ford unquestioned supremacy in the motor car industry.. To date, more than four and one-half million of .this one model have been built and distributed to the four corners of the world. Of* models prior to the “T”. thirty thousand were manufactured. During 1910, 18,641 Ford cars were bij^t* a tremendous output for those Jays. Yet ten years from that time Ford production has- grown to more than one milliom a year. Almost half of the motor cars in the world are Ford cars. In the United States and Canada, a little bet- L>ndhun*t, iK-c. 29 pipe stems, and an overcoat, fur and hat were bff.kn off of Mr-* Herbert Hlark. ofv tfcii city, as she mil in her hu"b*rftt*s ear. Memiter* of the fun eral party state that the roar of the approaching ryclane could be heard for "ome time before they felt the full force of the wind and that the noise was like that of a heavy freight train in rapid motion. 4 The scene which met the eyes of many persons w'hn visited the wrecked her.-, the giu st of his parents, Mr. Motion. The house itself, which waa and Mrs. John M. Gantt. some 50 or 60 years ago. wsa Cadet Edwin L. Ellis, of the YVof-1 crumpled up as though it had been ford Fitting School, Spartanburg, is j cobs true ted of cariis, its h4*avy timb- * pending the holidays with his par- t * r, ‘ bemg unable to withstand the fury ents, Mr. ami Mrs. T. B. Ellis. of the winds. Large treturn the yard Miss Lucille Parker, who is prin- uprooted and cast about in every direction. A wagon body in the back ter than one-half are Fords. — Christmas in Barnwell. cipal of the local seh*K)l, is spending the holidays at her home in Ludowici, CiR. Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Hay, of Lowry- ville,* motored down from their home on Sunday, for a short visit to rela tives. • ^ Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Gantt, of Kind’s k Mountain, N. C., were the. Christmas guests of relatives. f Miss Alleen Fowke, who is a stud ent at the Tubman High School, of Augusta, Ga., is at home for the hol idays. „ . _ Christmas passed away very quietly at the old burg, except for the young sters, who apparently had a pleasant, though not very quiet time. ♦ ♦--» Masons Elect Officers. yard was blown over the house and a heavy bale of cotton was also blown many feet. One or two trees and an out house were left standing. Heavy timbers were scattered about an ad joining field and shingles were found in the yard of Mr. Jobn Easterling, about a mile distant. The path of the storm was about fifty yards wide. The cyclone passed over some trees a short distance to the rear of Mr. Birt’s home, upon which it descended with Jull force, and lifted again be fore reaching the funeral party, which alone accounts for the fact that no one tn The procession was injured. Had it struck the long line of auto mobiles with full force the death list would no doubt have been appalling. Mrs. Birt, whose body was laid to At the regular monthly communi- rest Thursday, is survived by her hus- c4Tion--of- Christmas in Barnwell passed off very quietly, the day resembling the Sunday that followed. The merch ants of the city also closed their stores on Monday which gave the clerks three holidays. Very little* drunkenness was in evidence among those who think a little spirits neces sary.'to induce the Christmas spirit. The days gain two minutes in sun shine this week. F. M., Thursday evening the follow ing officers were elected for the en- \ * syinj? year: R. S.-Dicks, W. M. Thos. M. Boulware, S. \V. 'T. J. Langley, J. W. L. E .Davis, S. I>. F. S. Brown, J. D. Ralph Smith ami Furman Davis, Stewards. J. W. Riley, Tiller. ^ * Lodge No. 47, A. banTl. one son arid driF daughter, *who have the sincere sympathy of many friends in their great bereavement. Messrs. B. F. Gardner and WV I. .lowers, of Blackville, were callers at The People office Wednesday. A valuable registered Holstein cow belonging to Mr. William E. McNab died Monday night from the effects of eating nitrate of silver. to Attend Cotton Acreage Reduc