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FROSTS DAMAGED WILLISTON CROPS <»En’ERS-HOBISf)N. TRICK AND COTTON INJURED /' LAST WEEK. r However, Welcome Rains Have Fall- en and Growers Are Ship- . V P* n K Carloads Daily. Pretty W edging Sole mi zed at Luther- an Church in Tampa, Fla. 9 WillMon, April 18.—The frosts of last week did a jfreat deal of damage to truck and cotton in this section. The shipping of asparagus was in terfered with by the dry, cold weath er, but welcome rains have failetKand the growers are shipping several car^ loath* each day. This particular crop 1 ' is Williston’s God-send, as jit puts a large amount of money in circulation and has in a measure relieved the stringency of the pasb-’few months. The Baptist Chiurcn is to be con gratulated on having secured Rev. M. B. Buckley as pastor. Mr. Buckley comes here from Ridgeway. . TKe^ handsome new home of Mrs. Susie Thompson is nearing comple tion and will soon be readj^ for occu oaney. - Mr. and Mys. R. E. Creech are re tiring over the arrival of a bauuti- ul little girl. " Mrs. E. C. Smith and little grand son, of Bainbridge, Ga., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Q.- A. /ennedy. Mrs. M. L. Bolick and infant son, of Hickory, N. C., arc with Mrs. Bo- lick’s parents, Mr. ahd Mrs. R. A. Weathersbee. x \ - Mrs. Ellen W'ise and little daughter, 'Marie, of Aiken, have been spending a few days with relatives. * *> , * * Mrs. Marvin Boone, of Rowesviilc, spent several days or last week with her sister, Mrs. E. C. Smith, a£ the home of Mr. and Mrs. Q. A. Kennedy. The friends of Mrs. Hattie Roun tree and of Miss Jessie Willis will be glad to know that they are both at home from an Augusta hospital and are improving. The friends of Mr. Perry Porter end of Mrs.\ Edgar Cunningham Ivill • be pained to know that they are very ill at their homes here. ' ~ j3 •' y "j-'-——— 1 ■ *•«.% v ->- -f. 1 The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Smoak is desperately ill with cholera infantum. Their friends hope for the recovery of the little one., “The Darktown Belles,” of St. Matthews, played to a crowded house in Kennedy’s. Auditorium- Tuesday night. A handsome sum was realized • which will be used for thy benefit of the Presbyterian Church. As a min strel troup, “The Darktown Belles” ate a 1 perfect success. The Redpath Chautauqua opens on April 21 with a splendid program. The people of the surround ing coun - try and towns are most cordially in- ’. vited to come and enjoy with us five full days bf pleasure and intellectual entertainment. ' • - Ift Memory of Helen Keel. On Sunday moyning, March 2i)t\\ the Death Angel visited thgjiomc of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. KeeLand plucked a fair flower. Thus, a link is broken —the chain of love that bound father, mother, brother and sisters together is, severed. Death never claimed a lovelier spirit than that of little Helen Keel. Though only a child six years of age, “none knthv her but to -J«Ve ht^f,' none spoke of her but in praise.” She will be missed at Sun day school, by her school mates,? at school and elsewhere, for her dear little face p Aras "always wreathed in smiles and those lips, now so pale and cold, always had a pleasant word for everyone. Helen is survived by .her parents, four 'sisters and one brother, besides a host of other relatives ajnd friends. Her little body was laid to rest in the Hair eeemetery on Monday morning in the presence of a large cohcourse of sorrowing relatives and sympa thizing friends. The touching fune- ^T^raUservice was conducted ^ the Rev. D. W. Heckle. A precious one fr.„m us has gone, voice we loved is still, A place is vacant in our mid? Which never can be filled. The pall bearers were -her four uncles, Messrs. MeyWaM Hair, of Williston, William Hair, of^Augusta, J. S. and S. J. Keel, of Elko. Gently the casket was lowered, ' •-v One last look and ’twas gone, Heaven’s gates of gold were opened And through them entered one. ' . A Friend. April 5. Of interest to their large number of , friends was the marriage yesterday at high n o°n» of Miss Druscilla Mary Peters and Mr. John- Douglas Robi son, which was beautifuly solemnized at .the Lutheran church. Dr. P. G. Heckel, officiated. The wedding cere mony was characterized with utmost simplicity. •; . ^ The church was tastefully decorated with handsome palms, gladiolas and Easter lilies, the palms being arrang ed inr.a semi-circle around the chan cel, while baskets of the- gladiolas and fragrant Easter lilies were at either side of the pulpit, forming a background for the burning white tapers in the several branched can delabra, which cast a soft glow. , A beautiful musical program was given precedirig the ceremony with Mr. J. K. Vaillencourt as organist; Mr. John DeBroen, violinist; Miss Mil dred McFarlane, voice. For a viplin solo Mr. DeBroen rendered “Ave Ma ria,” (Gounod), and Miss McFarlane's selections were “Oh, Promise Me” arid “Because.” The “Bridal Chorus” from “Lohengrin” was played as a processional and Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March” as’ a recessional. Acting as maid of honor was Miss Ahna Peters; sister of the bride, who wore a lovely frock of white organdy and lace over pink satin, with pic ture hat of white, trimmed in pink rosebuds, and carried an arm bou quet of Maryland roses. The bride, who entered with her brother, Mr. P. CX Peters, was lovely in a handsome coat suit of dark blue tricotine, with which was worn a be coming small hat of steel gray cela- phane, trifCTned in French blue, with veil and other accessories to match. Her flowers were an exquisite arm Ixmquet of white calla lilies, shower ed with valley lilies. The groom, attended^by bis Ijest man, Mr. D. M. Cook, came from the side entrance, joining the brMe at the chancel, where the impressive vows were exchanged. Immediately following the ceremony the happjmpouple left for their future home in Barnwell, S. €., going as far as Plant City by automobile, from which point they left on the 1:30 o’clock train. The bride is the daughter of Mr. Christian Peters, a well known resi dent and retired orange growc^ of this city, and is an attractive and popular young -woman. She has made her borne in'Tgmpa fyr a number of years, and her chariri and gracious" personal, ity have won her many friends. Mr. Robison is a son of Mrs.- Robison and a grandson of Dr. J. W-. Douglas .of this . city, and is well known in Tampq. where- he formerir resided. For the past two years he has made his home in Barnwell, S. C where he is superintendent of the public schools of that city. The Tampa friends of Mrs. Robison regret that her marriage wrtf cause her to make her home ^elsewhere, but will join in extending congratulations and best wishes to her and- Mr. Rob ison for evety^future happiness. —Tampa Moming Tribune, April 12. A Sad Death. TOWN: HOW MAY WE IMPROVE IT? ■ / v SUGGESTIONS BY P. M. BUCKINGHAM, MRS. CHARLEY BROWN. JR., MR. JAS. JtTLIEN BUSH, MIS£ ELIZABETH BU^CK- HALTER, JUDGE JOHN K: SNELLING.—NOTES J. M. ryan: The Spirit of Barnwell, as inter preted by a majority of ^contributors to the initial symposium on the sub ject, is not by anyn&ieans an admira- bb* thing to contemplate, but rather the other way around, for indifference indicates sluggishness, unenergy and selfishness. If we are enthusiastic for a thing or group of things, and find our neighbor cold to them, we promptly characterise him ’ in the most general and sweeping way as •indifferent, whereas >he may be just as enthusiastic along lines that in vite no interest whatever from us, leaving us equally op s n to the charge ourselvesXWhlch leads me to think that the spirit of our community has not been fairly interpreted. It may well be that the particldar subjett or thing to which indifference pre vails among our neighbors does^riot bulk large enough in their minds,to jnake it strike- them as worth while, or of sufficient importance to need correction. * g s? * $ $ 3 ::i t £ « C « * • The people of Williston were great ly shocked and Saddened yesterday (Wednesday) morning to learn of the death during the night of the little No one will question the sinemre in terest and labor given by our^busi- ness men, as a rule, to business, nor our church people to their church work, and I believe by taking the proper steps in the proper way we might build up an enthusiastic inter est out of those elements for the im provement of our social life, the beau tifying of our town, *;ui the general elevation of citizenship among us. If one has the community spirit within him a feeling of fellowship for his neighbor, he is a promising subject for • any good movement, and that spirit is manifest throughout -nur- community in our churches and se cret organizations. Without it neith er the church nor the lodge, woyld be •with us today.- Hence, the general spirit oU co-opei-atiori .for real ad vancement is abundantly with us, while, as to Some parts, it must be admitted to be dormant. Our work is to amuse and develop the sleeping potentialities into concrete actuali ties. One of the means is to show that what we want to do is contribu tory to?the.main thing the other fel low wants to do. As soon as we do that w-e have the other fellow enlisted as an enthusiastic soldier iq our army, for the strongest, arid IJmake bold to say, the best force in this world is self-inferest. Another way is to con vince our people thac nothing good and innocent and elevating in our social life can possibly be otner than help ful. to the realization of the highest •aspirations of men. Many people overlook this and regard some social activities, utterly, and entirely harm less 4n themselves, as enemies of re ligion, v, hich/'b^TKahy otherwise ad mirable people, is supposed to neces sarily demand ever and always a sol emn and serious and dolorous aspect. ♦ "•***'• 5^ ••*••*• * # * The purpose of these articles is to assemble the opinions of our people on the best way to improve our town as a place to live in and rear children in, rind it would hit the nail squarely on the head if contributors would, for If we may once arouse an active spirit of dissatisfaction among- our people with conditions in which we live we have practically won the fight for improvement in those condi tions, for a spirit of discontent, uni ted to intelligent selfishness, Is the wonder Worker ’ of the worlds. It makes barren places to yield all man. ner of grain and grass and tree and flower—to come out of inutility nd ugliness into beauty arid profitable usefulness. Complacency is the dead ly enemy of that spirit, ever making silent, unconfessed war against it, and it sits upon the grave of its vic tim with a self-righteous, phariasi- cal smile, gloating ovei 4 the foul mur der it has done. The complacent in dividual is a burden arid a peril to a community, and so shackled in his self-infatuation that rtc is helpless in his own behalf. When P you see him coming, give him the other side of the street, for he is a regular little pes tilence. _______ * \ - Next week the subject will be the same, and we hope for a wide expres sion of opinion. Write briefly, not over 100 words, and send in your ar-. tides, IN DUPLICATE, not later than next-Sunday morning. Address P. O. Box 156, Barnwell. J. M. Ryan. In the phrase, “The Spirit of Barn, well,” is epitomized alt of . those things for wihch “The Old South” stood. These are things for which we all should stand apd for which Barnwell stands today. I need not enumerate them in detail. During the seven years that I have Ijved in'Barn well I have found that the great pre dominating spirit with which our peo. ple_axe endowed is one of courtesy, honor and independance. Along with these virtues may. be our faults, but “He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone.” The Spirit of Barnwell is big en ough to cover and a^es dover the w’hole of Barnwell County. Individ ually we have the same hope, pride and ambition for our town that our people together as a town have for our county. That great spirit is big enough to uphold the reputation of both. Jas. Julien Bush. CIVIL COURT NEWS. one year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Smoak. The little girl had been the preset,. tiniZ not quite ill, but it was thought that she was opt of danger. She took a turn for the worse Tuesday night and the skill Uf~phySieians rind- 4 the tender nut-sing of loving hands proved of no avail against the Grim The heart-broken parents have the sym pathy. of many friends in their be reavement. *' ^ f-j '*--■•■ In Honor of a Bride. Call for the expenditure of money. In these hart! times there is no money among our people except for simple necessities, but I should think there are many good things that might Be done by united action without money. Let ir» address our thoughts to the subject in That wav., : It would seem as if every one in Barnwell would be glad of the oppor- tunttjrhcre offered, for it goes with- A delightful affair was the recep tion Tuesday afternoon given by Mrs. B. W. Sexton, in honor of Mrs. Jr D. Robison, a bride v, of a week. The guests numbered about fifty, includ ing several out-of-town ^ visitors, among whom were ,.Iesdames Buist, j will result in ^curing at least some of Biaekville, Mrs. Elmer K BaueY, | one thing of benefit to us all. So far of St. Louis, Mrs. Miller, and Miss as you who are now r , reading this ar- The SpiriUpf Barnwell is exempli fied in the charitable and brotherly demeanor of her people- toward the sick rind helplesf*, the poor, and the strangers that come within her gates —that which pervades and tempers' the whole nature qf man. But there seems to Jk.* a lack of the spirit which unites a people into one body acting as a w'holt;, for the betterment of her citizens,-for the building up of her churches, and her commercial and social conditions. This Jack of the proper spirit., is demonstrated in the people of Ram- well in mote than one instance. On one occasion, when a company was organized and built s manufacturing plant in Barnwell.did the people show the proper spirit? Did they get in behind it and help to shove that busi ness to a success, which would have meant a great deal to our little city? They did not, and thereby our town suffered a real less. Ttt is now time for qur people to take on a new spirit and get togeth- etyfor one' thing, in Roosting the new Several Cases Disposed of at Term of Court Which Convened Monday. The Spring term of the Court of Common Pleas for Barnwell County convened here Monday morning with Judge T. J. Mauldin, of Greenville, presiding. Five cases had been dis posed of up to the time The People closed its forms, as Follows: W, D. Wright y*. C. O. Richardson, suit for damages in the sum of $750 caused by automobile^b^ing wrecked in a collision, verdict for plaintiff for $339.50. A. R. Wilson vs. J. J. and D. C. Vickery, suit for $10,000 damages for non-delivery of automobile under at tachment,. Verdict for the plaintiff for $50. j" Merchants Wholesale Grocery Co. vs. Williston Grocery Co., verdict for plaintiff for $579.60. Stovall Daniel Co. vs ; G. F. Davis; verdict for plaintiff for $286.2tf. Leroy Copeland vs. Bill Creech, et al., suit for $350 damages caused by killing mule with an automobile, ver dict for the defendant. County Census Figures. I The following county census fig ures are announced by the census bu reau for the counties In this section: Pop. Per Pop. Aiken 45,574 y Allendale -.16,098 Bamberg 20,962 Barnwell -.23,081 18,384 .-29,897 . —19,559 19,550 Calhoun Colleton Dorchester _ Hampton .. Orangeburg 1-64,907 Sq. Mi. 41M 37.0 55.9 44.2 47.0 26.7 31.7 38.1 57.4 Free \ Veterinary Service. Dr. E. W. MeCrone, Assistant State Veterinarian for Barnwell and Bamberg Counties, has located at Biaekville. His work will bo for the control and eratdicatidn of contagious and infectious diseases of live stock. His services are free. Charges are made „ only for such medicines and serums as are used. Call him at Epps Pharmacy, Biaekville, S. C; home and town. We are ^»reu<t~that naturally we have a pretty town; es pecially do we admire it now in its Spring glory. But the possibilities of our town have not been realized. We don’t believe in Utopia, but Barn well can be improved. The people are perfect. . Whatever-ywe undertake must succeed. Even the papers which flutter about like dirty white butter flies cun be caged into cans at each Street corner. The children might have a playground which is supervis ed- Plots of green might be cultivat ed about the depots and in the parks. A library might be put in the school. ■All this and more depends on the un selfish, public spirit of the people. Miss Elizabeth Burckhalter. BARNWELL LADIES IN AUTO ACCIDENT FORD COUPE OVERTURNS NEAR AUGUSTA MONDAY.* Mrs. W. D. Rice. Mrs. Bass and Miss Emma Kirkland Have Very ^ Narrow Escape. Mrs. W. D. Rice, Mrs. Bass and Miss Emma Kirkland, all of Barnwell, had a very narrow escape from ser ious injury Monday morning, when th<^ former’s Ford coupe overturned between Aiken and Augusta. The ladies were i?oing to the Georgia city, Mrs. Rice driving. When they were within a few mfles of Augusta, one of the radius rods on the car broKe, ren dering the machine unmanageable. As soon as she found that the auto mobile could not be steered, Mrs. Rice put on brakes. ’ In the menantime, the car had swerved out of the road into some loose sand and it is' presumed that the action of the brakes on the rear wheels caused it to turn over. Fortunately for the occupants, the speed of the machine was only about 15 miles an hour at the time. They had presence of mind enough to stop the engine at once, and Mrs. Rice climbed out through the windshield. By that tihie several cars, Had stop ped on the scene and the other ladies were helped out. They were unin jured beyond a few bruises. The ort- ly damage done the car was a crushed wheel and a broken glass in one of the doors. The ladies were carried on to Augusta by a passing automo bile, while their macnlne was taken back to Aiken for repairs. They re turned to Aiken in the afternoon by trolley and drove to- car on ,to Barn well.- . . K. of P. Memorial Sendee. Memorial services for the Knights of Pythias will be conducted in the Barnwell Baptist Church Sunday ev ening at six o’clock, the Rev. Mr. Glennan, pastor of the - Methodist Church, preaching me sermon. The members of Barnwell Lodge No. 16 will assemble in Castle Hall prompt ly at 5 o’clock. The members of all lodges in the county are cordially in vited to attend and visiting brethren will be heartily welcomed. 1 ‘Ted” Riley Injured. In the tenth inning of a hotly con tested game of baseball between, the Barnwell and Biaekville high school • teams on the local diamond Friday afternoon, “Ted" Riley, son of Audit or R. W. Riley, was painfully injured when he was hit by a batted ball. In your fine Foreword to “The Spir it of Barnwell” you correctly say that the town has a Soul, and that its Spirit must be made up of three com ponent parts,—the social, the politi cal, and the religious life of the place, and you invite thoughts and suggestions along this line. I Will discuss but one angle, which from my viewpoint, seems of import- itfEN’S WORK IN THE bly laid the foundation for men’s Work by the monthly smokers which their men enjoy, and it is by just such human elbow touch that the men . of the churches can be brought to function properly, and heartily to en ter into secular church work in the community. I*et me recommend the book “Main Street” to e^efy one who has not read the book: it gives a view of the av erage small size city life that will, be particularly appropriate at this junc ture of the present discussion. - P. M. Buckingham. i . ■ '■ O X 2*2 anccr CIIURG The keystone of rijJr 'cTvifizaTton is the Church, foKjt stands for the true philosophy of life^s^s laid down by Him, WHo best ~ exemplified human life, and , which may be sinumed up in the two words—unselfish service. Our need here is cooperation in selfish service by the men of the Church: such service by the women is -always givtay^abundantly. By Church work, I do not mean and modern hotel, now begun by our those acts of service arid .worship enterprising ami wioe-awake fellow 'which take place within a church citizen, Mr. M. C. Diamond. The outlaying that everybody in our viL mercantile interest of Barnwell will lage grants to see improvement in the direction indicated, even though things may be pretty comfortable as they are.,, I believe if we shall be so fortunate as to get a fairly general expression of views on the subject, it Gladys Dunft, of Kentucky. .. tide is. concerned, the request for an Tables were arranged for “Rook”^ expressioa-of-v»w«-» m-YO^r-not and “Spoof.” Cards were cut for the tri your neighbor; let your neighbor prize and Miss Rook was the winner ajope for the present and consider of a silver pencil. T^e guest prize|the matter as it applies to you. We was a silver basket A tempting sal- will appeal to your neighbor while he ad course was served during the after- or she is^doing what you are doing H 00 *' now—reading; this artieje. » $ receive more benefits from this en terprise than any other class, and they should put their shoulders to the wheel and help-make the hotel a great 1 ' success. The intelligent mortal can -perceive many instances in winch Barnwell is lacking in the spirit which tdnds to bui'd and uplift a town. Let every citlzen of Barnwell—r-man, woman and child—.get together, in a cooperative spirit, for the general welfare and betterment of our town. J John K. Spelling. “A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.”; This fas. true . of': character, building, nor do I mean the seemingly frantic efforts of religious fanatics to legislate morals into a people. United team-work, and example in carrying on works of mercy arid char ity; providing ^ suitable recreation and reading room room for those m^jo have no real home life, and the many other activities which a forward look- ing church today organizes and stands-for,. offer-great opportunities for the -men to bring to bear a portion of that energy and capacity which they give to their business affairs. .Probably the Clergy of Barnwell feel this lack of cooperation on the part of the men, more than any one thing that now confronts them. Our Methodist friends have poasi- 4 Our Town is the oldest. The best in the land; Her sons and daughters Her spirit began. The work is unfinished By our fathers begun, But each man’s brother Is a true father’s son. improvement—we need it, others' we know' In teutng it we trample Upon Our Mayor is' The best in But alas, our good la\ Lie dead in the sand. The parking of cars Along our Main Street Looks very untidy And so indiscreet. Our water and our lights Neatly drive us to drink. There should bo, improvement Right away there, I think. Our public officials V--. v In their duties are slack. It might be the reason Encouragement they lack. We love our old town. Her citizens true, Barnwell, well always be Loyal to you. • Mrs. Charlie , x; - -/k