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■■ -a. “Ju&t Like a Member of (he Family' 9 UME XLIV. . BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 28TH, 1921. NUMBER 34. REPORT OF VISIT TO INSTITUTIONS COURT OF COMMON PLEA& MAKING FAIR PROGRESS CHAIN GANG AND ALMSHOUSE NEED IMPROVEMENT. Several Cases. Disposed of in Past Week.—May Adjourn Today. * ^ \; State Board of Public Welfare Finds Conditions “Far From What .» m T- They Should Be.^ r ft and as a tt The The State Board of Public Welfare has made a report of a visit by As sistant Secretary Brearley to the Barnwell County chain gang and alms house on March 14th, in which it is stated that “living conditions at the Barnwell County chain gang are far from what they should be characterizes the almshouse “long neglected institution, chain gang made a score of 580 points out of a possible 1,0000, while the almshouse made only 548 out of a possible 1,000. The complete report of the Boaitf is as follows: • .. • * “ ■ * ^ The Chain Gang. Living conditions at the Barnweli ► ^jSsunty chain gang are far from they should be. The night be- 1 ^mre this visit was made 19 men slept ^ cage only 7 ft. by 7 ft. by 16 ft. m »- 1 1 rwarm weather such overcrowding will be almost torture. The bedding is badly torn and has not 4Seen wash ed in months and montris.* Flies are breeding in the sewawr pft where the soil buckets are emptied. The food lacks variety and cannot be properly cooked because the stove is about to go to pieces. The whvie camp needs a thorough cleaning up, especially the sleeping quarters and the kitchen. Some of the other improvements needed at this camp are: the abortion of the practice of allowing the prisoners to initiate newcomers by beating them; the installation of a complete set of records in the camp and the supervisor’s office; the re pairing of the cage and of the sleeping tent; the purchase of bedding that can be easily washed; and more at tention to the requirements of clean, liness and sanitation , Appropriations 1921. “Expenses of chain! ganpf $15,000.00”. Prisoners 32 negro men. The Almshouse. The managemenr of the Barnwell County almshouse has been placed in the hands of a commission oi five- persons selected by the legislp.ti'v delegation. This is a distinct step in advance. The commission should immediately make a study of the m- stititution and its needs aful begin w-ork to improve conditions. The superintendent’s house 1 as been burn ed recently and is being temporarily replaced by a tent. A new building ..should be fcuilt to provide quarter's for the superintendent and a centraT kitchen and dinning room. Then the _ oresent uneconomical method of * tioning the inmates and allowing — . tern to dispose of the food as they please should be changed so that all the meals will bo cooked in one kitchen and served to the inmates in such quanities as they need. Some other pressing needs this kng neglected institution are.> the *-epair'mg of the cottages so that the * inmates.will not have ' to hang', up matting and bedclothes to keep out » winter cold; the’installation of a . septic tank for disposing of the sew age; the screening of all of the door-; .. and windows; and the supply of food more suited for old and infirm people. Appropriations 1921: . Farm, Poorhouse and Poor $3,000 00 Inmates: 3 negro men, 5 white rri*nr 2 negm women; 9 white women. The CourJ; of Common Pleas, now in session here, has made fairly good progress during the past week, sever al cases having been disposed oL A recess was taken Thursday afternoon of last week to permit the Judge and members of the Bar to attend a fish 1 ! fry in Allendale County given by J,, H. Hewlett. It is thought that the term will be adjourned sine die to day (Thursday). The following is a list of the cases disposed t>f since the last issue of The People: ' — ~ N. C- and H. P. Anderson vs. R. V. Lane, suit on account of land rent balance, $649.60, verdict for the plaintiff for $242.35. Southern Cotton Oil Cp. vs. Mrs. M. E. Still, suit on account for paint purchased of the plaintiff, verdict for the plaintiff for $94.91. E. M. Harley vs. Farmers and Mer chants Bank of Dunbarton, suit for $500 damages for turning down check, verdict for the defendant. J. C. Jones Co. vs. M. M 4 and Anri Berry, suit' on ^btes and mortgages selative .to crop melons shipped, ver dict for plaintiff for $500. Rouse-Hempstone Co. vs. S. Polia koff, suit on account in sum of $144.50 balance, verdict for the plaintiff for $144.50. V Pender and Williamson vs. Joe Sim mons, suit for $200 for repairs on au. tomobile, verdict for defendant on counter-claim for $200. * As The People closed its forms the Court was engaged in the trial of the case of R. L. Ussery vs. A. C. L. R. R. Co. OUR HOME TOWN: HOW MAY WE IMPROVE IT? SUGGESTIONS BY MRS. W. C. JENNINGS, MRS. N.XL W. WALKER, MRS. JENNIE P. GREENE, MRS. CAROLINE B. REYNOLDS, AND MRS. MARIE T. CORN ELL-NOTES BY J. M. RYAN Heretofore, in these intimate little talks among ourselves, because there were those of the sterner, but more bashful sex among the .contributors, I have felt it incumbent on me to Write a few straggling notes, myself, so as to give my brothers confidence as they trod along the unaccustomed way of prints But this week we have the ladies conducting the symposium, obviously making that service on my part neither necessary' nor apprpi priate, for as every one, even the Triost superficially observant, knows, our ladies fair hardly ever need the help of ifter^nan, a'.*<f never when it comes to expressing their views on a question. In that rc*pect all ladies- are gifted with directness, accuracy and adequacy. "; I want to say, however, that I ap preciate very much the highly intel- igent and unusually well expressed views that have been sent in, and 4 am- sure from what I hear' on the street that a respectable degree of interest in the general subject is now felt by our local public, and I hope our townspeople will continue to the spirit of Mr. M. C. Diamond, who deserves much credit for. his enter prising spirit in erecting such a hand some building of which we are all proud. Mrs. N. G. W. Walker. 1 “The Spirit of Barnwell” is too big a subject to discuss in a brief article, but, like the kaleidoscope, it changes WILLISTON CHAUTAUQUA UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS Big Program Came to a Close Tues day Night in Blaze of Glory. Tfle 1921 Redpath; Chautauqua in Wijliston is now only a “recollection” —but what a pleasant recollection! For nearly a week the hospitable people of that progressive little city have played host to their neighbors in the surrounding towns and country side in a way that has given a new meaning to the word “courtesy.” The Chautauqua was billed as a “Fifte-day de Luxe Program,” but in Williston’s customary way of ,doing things, an extra day was added to enable Gypsy Smith, Jr., the famous evangelist, to address an audience Monday after noon in the place of the regular speaker* Who lectured Sunday after- LOCAL LAWYERS WIN IN BIG CASE BRADLEY-CALHOUN SUIT TO BE TRIED AGAIN. Brown & Bush, Harley & Blatt and The Hendersons Gain Decision in Supreme Court. with each individual’s view point. To the pessimist it looks blue, to the j noon to a large audieijce. It is esti thusiast hrigrhtandchefrjfrtl, to the in- • niated that at least 1,500 people uifferent like just any old town. For tunately, we have an average number of people filled with enthusiasm. Whatever they undertake they go at with a will to succeed and this is the class of people to be looked to in afty community for betterments, whether it be civic matters or otherwise. And whenever this class of people in any community can be corralled into a body if becomes forceful and needs only cohesiveness and direction to ac complish any purpose they might un dertake. Now, if Barnwell can shake off her indifferent class and her oes- simist (I am sure they arc in the mi- write us their opinions. - You may be'ncrity), have a get-together meeting INTERESTING NEWS OF A WEEK FROM BLACKVILLE Methodist Ladies Aid Society Gives an Apron-Social. sure what you send in will be read, .^certainly with pleasure, and let us hope with good results for the; cause we all have at heart. Kindly remem ber that articles must be in dupli cate, so that each of our local papers may have a copy, and that these arti- cles'must be in hand not later than next Sunday morning. J. M. Ryan. Biackville, April 23.—Mrs.^J. C. Johnson was the charmirig hostess to the Priscila club and other friends Friday of last week. A pleasant af ternoon was spent and refreshments enjoyed. The Ladies’ Aid society of the Methodist church entertained at an apron social iq the home of Mrs. T O. Boland Monday evening. The guests -were m£t by Mesdames E. H. WeisSenger and C. W. Rizer. An ex cellent musical program was ren dered. Mrs. C. S. Buist and Mrs. H. Baxley invited the guests to the din ing room, where Misses Edith Crouch, Cecil Pickling, Helen Weissenger and I.uci'e Molony served a large number present. ’ The Joseph Roger .Chapter, D. A R., met Tuesdwjr^ftemoon with Mrs H. D. Still with a large attendance Good reports were heard. Mrs. S. R. Compton gave a selection. Miss Franks. • The hostess, assisted by Mys. A. D. Hair, served a salad arid sweet course. Mrs. W, W. Molony entertained the Thursday Afternoon club at an enjoy able rook party, Mrs. E. H. -Weis- singer winning high score prize and M rs. H. F. Buist getting consola- tidh. Ice cream qnd cake were serv ed. ** — , Miss Mary Still entertained the Young Girls’ club pleasantly Friday afternoon. Refreshments were serv- ed. Miss Eva Rich has returned from a visit to Orangeburg. ‘White Man Heap -Big Fool. Countyj. Miss Bertha Baxley is the guest of Mr. ^Snd^Mrs. J. V’. Baxley. Mrs. L. Islar of Florida js- the guest of her daughter, Mrs. C. S. Buist Miss Sybil Buist is .visiting her sis ter, Mrs. Merle Jewel; in -‘Portland, Me. Miss Dora Gyles is visiting herV niece, Mrs. S. G. Lowe. , - - ■ ~ 1 The Williston Edition.. 1 :W * >- Anyone who contemplates adver tising should figure on the cumulative results obtained by- constant use of space, for the one time advertisement is never a safe barometer as to wheth er “advertising will or will not pay. The great successes built up from ad- vertisingJuive almost invariably been The People greatly appreciates the built up by’constant and consistent following letter from Mr. J. A. Lat- use of space. imer, Chairman of $he 1921 Chautau- The man who judges the ’ pulling qua Committee, under date of April power of advertising froni*the^ inser- 25. 'lion of one or two advertisements;^^ “J us t a word to say how much our like the", Indian who neard'About the Chautamiua Committee appreciated ierits of a feather bed. He put two j the special Williston edition of yottt >r three feathers on the ground and paper. .It was of material assistance 'slept on them. In the morning, when i n making our second’ Redpath Chau- he got up, he remarked: “Whiteman tauqu an even greater success than heap big fool. He say feathers soft the first.” 1 I hear “the Spirit of Barnwell” at present is “BOOZE,” but putting that down, Barnwell is all right. . I not only think this is ONE of the best towns in the State, but decidedly the best. It has been my good pleas ure to have always had Barnwell for my home and I can truthfully say I do not think you cpuld find kinder, move Sympathetic people anywhere. Of course, there are, and always will be, objectionable people here as well as elsewhere, but we should try, when we see one that doe.i not come up to our standard, to do what we can for them, go to them in a Christian way. letting them see that we are inter ested personally in them, arid then perhaps we will see good results: Now, I want every one that reads this to think of sdfne one that they can help., for there are always those t are down but never out, and I feel sure that a few kind- words instead of harsh ones will enable us to accom plish, what we have been trying-to do for a l6ng time. “There is so much good in the worst of us, and so rriuch bad in the best of us that it hardly behoovc3\ajiy of us to talk about the rest of us.” Mrs. W. C. Jennings..' What Barnwell Needs. The resident churches to be more alive, its people filled with the true love of God, next a school like ynto it. With this spirit as a foundation, our good people could undertake anything, as Barnwell people are endowed with tact and brains, but somehow we lack the proper interest and cooperation that would make us part of plans for improvement. We are all so busy with our own affairs and the majority of our good people are satisfied to al- Iqw the burden of work to fall on a few. Just think what a town w-e could have if all of us would put,a shoulder to the wheel and w r ork in unison with a deep interest in‘the welfare of the to discuss ways and means of bene- fitting the town, an irresistible force effn be created which, if properly di rected, can accomplish, great- things. And I might add a word of warning that in selecting the hand that is to guide this force w r e should look care fully to see that there is no selfish ness in the bosom of the owner of that hand.’ Many good moves’have been thwarted because leaders had them selves chosen as such to further theYr. own selfish interests, I am impressed with ^“Communi ty Council” scheme m a neighboring city which I recently visited. This Council is composed of Representa tives from each fraternal order in the town, church, civic and uplift league, church society and, in fact, any or ganization in the town has a right to representation. This Counoil super vises the dispensation -of charities and all like community efforts. Of course, the council itself will map out the scope of its work as broadly as it may see fit and I really think that such a council would work wonders in civic matters by the elbow touch sys tem in looking after the various in terests in the community. I have not tried to cover the Com- nrtFqursticm mm utety^bTTt throw it out a suggestion, hoping, that it* will, cause public spirited peo ple to think along that line. * Jennie P. Greene. heard Mr. Smith deliver hig lecture, “Froiri the Gypsy Tent to the Pul pit,” visitors from all adjoining coun ties being present. - — Each and every number on the en tire program was enjoyed to the full est, but it is safe to say that Dunbar's White Hussafr ^nd the comedy, “Nothing but the Truth,” were the big drawing cards. The Committee states that the 1921 Chautauqua was an even greater suc cess than the one last year and in a letter to The People the Chaivman ex presses the opinion that the snecial Williston edition' of this paper last week was “of material assistance” in making R-so. , . The people of Barnwell County will welcome the news that a contract has been signed for a return engagement next Spring. - ' There wrill be a meeting of the Women’s League of Voters at the home of Mrs. M. B.' Hagood this (Thursday) afternoon at 5 o’clock. 4ce factory! Ah,” labor as well as brains can make you great. My dear est old town of six generations, I love you. 1 would have you arise, stretch your, limbs and do what my grand parents , hoped you would do. Should any one question, this, ur my right to speak out, lay the blame on the little one-room school of Miss Anna’s, where I dreamed my earliest dreams. . ~ (Mrs.) Caroline B. Reynolds. Columbia, S. C.. Barnwell, like all other towns and cities, is susceptible of a great num ber and variety of improvements, but, even as it is, it suits most of us bet ter than any dther small town to live, move and have our being in. I take it that the fact of our being on a par With bractically all Other communi- The Supreme Court of South Car olina, three Judges voting in the affir. mative and one in the negative, have ordered a new trial in the very inter esting case of John R. Bradley, et al, vs. Belle Bradley Calhoun, And that means that this important case may have to be tried over again. The plaintiffs in the case are the children and the grand-children of John W. Bradley, who was a grand child of old Mr. William Cave, and they claim that, ujider the will of William Cave, John W. Bradley only hold a life estate io the land in quest ion, which is very valuable tract of 1 land near Cave Btation, now In the County of AUeitdriiCi fortnerly in the County of Barnwell. On the other hand, Mrs. Belle Brad* ley Calhoun who was the only child of John W. Bradley, by his second wife, Julia R. Bradley, claimed that the land belonged absolutely Xo John W. Bradley, and that her mother bought t at public sale and that she is en titled to it out and out as the heir of her mother. This case was once tried in Barn well County before Judge Ernest Moore and a jury. He decided the questions of law in favor of the con tention of the Bradleys, and sent the case to a jury, and they, after a long deliberation, failed to agree. Then when the new county, Allendale, was fprmed, the land being in that section, the case had to be tried in Allendale County. It came up before Judge Bowman and a jury, and Judge Bow man directed a verdict* on the legal questions in favor of the defendant, Mrs. Calhoun, and the Bradleys ap pealed to the Supreme Court. That Court has . recently rendered an elaborate decision over-ruling the legal contentions of Mrs. Calhoun and deciding in favor of the Bradleys, that they, being the Remaindermen under the will of William Cave, all the old equity proceedings did not bind them, nor did the proceedings in the Probate Court, where the land Was sold as the property of John W. Bradley, bind them, and they leave all questions of adverse possession and matters of that kind to be determined by the jury under* the instructions of the Court, holding that Mrs'. Bradley, be. ing the step-mother_nf- the older Bradley children, when she purchased at the private sale, with knowledge of the fact that it was Cave land and The Spirit of Barnwell? Oh, dear old sleepy town, I love you.- My near est and dearest sleep their last sleep in. your slope near the creek. I waded in this winding stream, I love the to sleep on!”—Massengale Advertis ing Agency. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Rice ipent Sun- day .With friends ip Allendale. > JK town. One of our greatest needs and a- mong the first, as I *re It, is the ne cessity of having a rest room for our friends coming in >rom the country. It could be a comfortable- rest place and they would find shopping in Barnwell a pleasure. As fc suitable location for this room the town hall remodeled with a park around the. Court Housed Then our “Circle” could be beautified to such an extent that the population of the town would be glad they live in Barnwell. What we need is a little more of old sun dial a-face, that I watched in childhood,, the public (round) sqfiare with its artesian water pump, the trees, the birds, the court house, the “old grave yard” where grand-motlft;r sleeps, Main Street (so narrow) where grand-father’s old house of hand-hewed framing and its tall mir rors of olden days is now, the home of a younger generation. “The Patterson house” and its sweet acorn trees, where mother’s girlhood days were spent, where Sher man’s men set fire to; the parlor where father and mother were united in holy wedlock,, even the old brass knpeker that hangs on the front door, I love you.. I only left you because you were sleepy, dear old Barnwell. May your spirit be revived, may you take on renewed vigor and move on ward. Lay out hew streets pass the depot up on the hill, bui'd enterprises, utilize the old creek, even reach out to Hagood’s Mill, of our picnic day# God smiled when He created you, but you did not catch the vision of what you possess’. You need men and (gromen who are not afraid to venture, you need your own boys and girls to stay with you, and you must awake or they will keep on drifting to other towns and cities- - ... ^ > Enterprises, whistles blowing. an iics in the matter of needed improve ment s, the real question asked us is, What is the one improvement most imperatively demanded? * , That which stands out most prom inently in my view, as the need of the hour, is a Boy Scout camp. It will not be long, before our schools dose, and our bovs will be turned loose with a lot of idle time oh their hands, and unless there is* some outlet of a good sort forJJic. bounding energies of these young fellows they are in great peril of finding themselves at the mer cy. of recreation of the very worst sort. Baseball is an excellent safety- valve for the expendittfre of surplus energy, butSbuseball has its limita tions, and it- is riot conspicuous as a character-builder, whereas a Boy Scout organization, properly officered, js that very thing, and as a source of pleasure it has no superior with red- blooded boys. If the town could afford it, it would, ■ of course, be an excellent thing to have a - club house, carefully super vised, for our young men and boys, so. that in the evenings and in stormy weather there would be some place for them where indoor sports, read ing, writing, etc:-, might be enjoyed. However, that is, perhaps, for the future. and_. we are after something for now. As it strikes me a Boy^ 'Scout camp in Barnwell is the answer. Our boys are our town’s greatest as set, and it is our duty to see that as they grow into manhood they shall measure up to 100 per-cent, value. Train the boy right and the man will go straight. Personally I believe there is plenty of room in the world today for the straight-going man. Mrs. Marie T. Cornell. her husband only had a life estate in - it, stood in the position of trustee, and being in that position she could pot plead the stature of limitations unless unequivocal notice of her hold-. ing was given to the children of John W, Bradley. ‘ . Thus it is that this interesting case will have to be threshed out at the Fall term of the Court at Allendale. - ^ The Bradley children were repre sented in the Supreme Court by The Hendersons, of Aikeri, Brown & Bush and Harley & Blatt, of Barnwell, and Mrs. Belle Bradley Calhoun was rep resented by Holman & Bottlware, of Barnwell. > - fL BODY OF PRlVATEMORRIS INTERRED AT FRIENDSHIP * Beginning This Week "The Mystery of --4- 7 19 Remains' of Olar Soldier Brought Back from France for BurlaL ^ Olar, April 23—Yesterday ;at Friendship Baptist 'church the re mains of Private John flenry Morris, Company E, 118th iafantvy, Thirtieth dtvision, were laid in their final rea ing place. * Private Morris was killed in action about the Time that Old Hfckory was making itself famous as a breaker of the Hindenburg line. > The body was brought from France, arriving in Olar Thursday, The Kearse-Morris Post, No. 64, American legion, at Olar took charge of the re mains. The legion was assisted by the Rev. C. E. Peeler, Miss ’Anobel Neeley, the expression teacher at the Olar school, who rendered a solo, and Miss Sadie Harter, who accompanied Miss Neeley and furnished all the In strumental musk. In spite' of the inclement weather, a large crowd assembled to pay their last respects to opg who made the supreme sacrifice for hi* country, ri-:- ■