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“Just Like a MemtJer of the Family" A VOLUME XLIV. i - < rr BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, 'ilST, 1921. *401 NUMBER 46. DEMONSTRATION AGENT VERY BUSY LAST MONTH District Agent Johnson Makes Re port to County Delegation. BYRNES GETS INDIGNANT OVER TARIFF ON POTASH ‘Our Jimmie” Calls Attention to Tax ' “ . .£>• ■ • Proposed for Unit. District Agent Henry S.Johnson, of Aiken, has made the following report to the Legislative Delegation of Barnwell County. I feel,sure you will be interested in the following brief report of the work of your County Agent, Mr. Harry G. Boylston, for the month of June, f921. The report is a brief di gest of Mr. Boylston’s weekly re ports to this office. During the time reported Mr. Boylston made ^56 visits to men and 2 visits to 11 boys and traveled 616 miles in the interest of Demonstrat ion work. Assistance was given fit one meeting at which ten men were present. One article was published, 25 circulars and 125 bulletins mailed, and 31 letters written in response to_ inquiries or specific needs. Five specialists were called in to the County and gave advice and assist ance with Marketing problems, Bull association work and Club work with boys. In response to demands regarding Boll Weevil control, Mr. Boylston secured a moving picture showing methods and practical results in dusting with Calcium Arsenate. Two experienced Entomologists were present to explain and advise.. One specialist was called in and a survey made as to organizing a bull association. Plans have been laid and the association will be organized. After meeting with Messrs. Har- key and Watkins and several rep resentative citizens, efforts are be ing made to remedy conditions now relating • to marketing Cucumbers etc. Grades will be standardized by Marketing Agents and the County Agent will aid in making grades known to the growers. The County Agent also assisted in organizing the. Melon- Growers and in forming locals in Barnwell County. Some splendid work is being done with boys in Com club work. About 25 boys are all growing a pedigreed strai of corn which will prove a great factor in providing the county with good seed com. This is a very brief report but it will serve to give you some idea of the County Agent and his work. * News From Lyndhurst * Washington, July 16-—Repre sentative James F. Byrnes is- very indignant over the duty on potash carried in the Fordney tariff bill. Fertilizer materials are now on the free list,” said Mr. Byrnes, “but un der the Fordney measure as it stands in the House there is a duty of 50 cents per unit of potash. As there are two units of potash in a ton of fertilizer, and as the country uses about 7,000,000 tons of fertilizer per fftinum, this item means a tax of just $7,000,000 a year on the farmers of the nation; where as iron ore, for instance, the raw material of the heavily-protected steel manufacturing interests, is kept on the free list in the Fordney bill” No opportunity is allowed for a separate vote in the House on the potash item under the rule put through by the heavy Republican majority, and nobody will be peFnvit- ed to offer an amendment to this schedule. There may be a chance to overhaul it in the Senate, where there is no such gag rule in practice. Of the 7,000,000 tons of fertilizer used in the country last year, Mr. Byrnes said that South Carolina used over 1,000,000, or one-seventh, and the Fordney tax on the farmers of the Palmetto State would there fore be a cool $1,000,000 a year. Georgia used 990.000 tons and North Carolina 961,000 tons. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Ehrhardt Winner, 4 to 1 (Second Half.) Ehrhardt through superior playing W. L. Pc. defeated Williston on the latter's Barnwell 3 0. 1000 diajnond Tuesday afternoon 4 tol. Springfield.- 3 0 1000 Brown and Kearse pitched good ball Bamberg _2 2 500 though both were wild- at times. F. WiHiston „1 2 333 Roberts, Ehrhardt’s 1 fast center- EhrbaTdt - 1 S 250 fielder, got two of the team’# five Denmark ~ - T _.o 3 000 hits. Nix, playing second for Ehr- WHERE THEY PLAY. Friday, July 22: Williston at Bamberg. ' • Springfield at Denmark. Barnwell at Ehrhardt. Tuesday, July 26: Ehrhardt at Springfield. Bamberg at Barnwell. WiHistory at Denmark. Barnwell and Springfield Lead Barnwell' and Springfield are still tied for first place in the second half of the Tri-County League season, both of. these teams having won in Tuesday’s games. Barnwell defeat ed Denmark on the former’s diamond by. the score of 10 to 5, the feature of the game being the stick-work of Gregory, who got a home-run and a two-bagger out of his first two chances. Pearson for Barnwell showed up well ip the box, a-heavy shower in the sixth inning, which thade the ball hard to coMrii), being responsible for Denmark’s runs. Springfield walloped Bamberg to the tune of 4 to 1. This was also the score .in the W’illiston-Ehrhardt I consider, this tax on pota.-h 1 t j,e later team having downed nothing less than downright robbery the winnorg of the finit hll , f of the American farmer,” declared ____ Representative Byrne*. hardt, made a great catch and robbed Wi’liston of a hit. Sherlock made one of the best stops at third for Williston ever seen on the local dia- mnd. Qur.ttlebaum, W’Pliston’s hew firsffjaseman, played the best game of any of the locals. Ehrhardt __4 5 3 Williston 1 6 9 Kear.se and Bullock; Brown and Dodge. 3 SEPARATE ATTEMPTS MADE TO WRECK TRAINS Vigilance of Crewa on Atlantic Coast Line Prevent Accidents. VICB-PRES. BUCKINGHAM IS PRESIDENT PRO TEM 16.—According to Florence Pleasant Hill News Lyndhurst. July 18.—Miss Reba Ussery, of Martin, spent last week end here, the guest of her cousin, Miss Alleen Fowke. . * ‘Misses Lessie Glover and Emily Caldwell of McPhersonville, return ed to . their home on Wednesday, after a pleasant visit to relatives. Miss Mary Harper, who for some weeks has been the guest of her sister, Mrs. E. G Hay, of Columbia, is at home again. Dr. W. M. Stcinmeyer,' of Beau fort, who has been on an extensive tour to Des. Moins, Iowa, and other points of interest, is spending several days here with his family who are spending some weeks here, the guests of relatives. After'long weeks of drought, we have for the past two weeks been having excessively heavy rains, and one quite severe electrical storm. The rainfall has, however been of great benefit to the growing crops, especially corn. Fields which a short while back looked as if they would make nothing, now look green an(L flourishing. Boll weevil con ditions it this section look now more favorable than at the beginning of the season. x ^ The relatives and friend* of Mr. J. M. Weathersbee enjoyed an old fashioned barbecue dinner at his home last Friday. The Misses Ken nedy, of Mossy, Mrs. Tom W’eeks and I Mr. S. H. Hankerson-and family, of \ White Pond, Dr. Lewis Smith, and Mr J. W. Folk and family, of Willis ton, and Mrs. Susie Lightner and son, of Yemassee, were the guests from out of the community, Mrs. John Dickson has returned to Columbia with her brother, Mr. W. C. McCrary, who was her guest last week-end. Miss Clara Killingsworth has re turned to her home in Augusta, after a visit to Mrs.^Claudia Kennedy. The Rev. Mr. Brock, of Granite- ville, is assisting the pastor, Rev. Mr. Foreman, in a series of meetings held in the Pleasant Hill Bapt ; st Church July lith to 17th. Games Rained Gut All games in the Tri-County League were rained out Friday afteroon. , Late Rally by Williston In a very exciting hall game Mon day Orangeburg defeated W’illiston on the latter’s diamond .6 to 5. Orangeburg had • the locals 6 to 2 until the ninth inning whe a rally on the part of the locals came near winning the game. Ghesling, WllliSton’s new pitcher showed up wen. Orangeburg 6 10 3 Williston -_.6 13 2 Wolf- and Scoville; Ghesling and Dodge.* Florence Jul information received in today three separSfe^attempts have been made within the past week to wreck" trains on the line of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, for merly known as the M and A, be tween Florence and Augusta. A pe culiar feature of the attempts, none of which was successful due to the vigilance of the train crews, particu larly the engineers and the firemen, is that they were made at or near the point where Engineer Joseph Temple was killed when his train was wrecked several weeks ago. Another peculiar feature is that only Atlantic Coast Line trains were sougnt by the train wreckers, trains of the C and W C Railroad having been ..allowed to pass without any attempt at hin drance^- In the case of each of the attempts to wreck the trains the ties and rails had been tampered with. The ^las t train that passed found that the switch had been turned. Williston News. Barnwell Defeats Varnville In a hotly contested game of base ball' MonJay afternoon, Barnwell de feated Varnville on the former’s dia mond. 4 to 3. The game was won in, the ninth inning, -the score at that time being 3 to 1 in favor of the visitors. The decisions of one of ihe umpires, who was from ^Varnville, caused considerable dissatisfaction among the fan*. ” Here and Hereabouts. Lt. Col.Edgar A. Brown has been promoted to the rank of Colonel. It’s a girl. Mr. week c. c. from a Owens returned last visit to relatives in York County. Mr. Harry Wodward, of Atlanta, Ga., has been visiting relatives and friends in the city. Long Branch Items Springfield News Springfield, July 16.—Miss Marie BoTand Tias Teturned home after a visit to Relatives in, Williston. ; The girl and boy scouts have gone to Sandy .island near Branchyille, for a ten day’s camping trip^ chaperoned by C-—Lr-Whlte, scout master, and a number of other young folks. , „ Miss Pearle Odom has returned from a visit to friends in Newberry. Miss Blanche Jumper of Columbia Sa visiting relatives here. . Misses Edna and Lottie Mims have- returned from a visit to rel atives in Graniteville. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Jones and baby of Columbia are visiting MrsJones’ parent*, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Boyls ton. _ • Mrs. W. B. Childress and son, Albert, of Fountain Inn, were quests of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Keel last week. Mrs. Chrisie Arms.rong and daugh ter, Miss Jenny, are visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Carroll. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Carroll enjoyed a pleasant afternoon with Mrs. T. B. Garrison last week eating Elberta peaches. HerAugust pears will soon be ripe. Let’s call. Miss Audrey Sanders of Barnwell, was the week-end guest of Miss Corinne Turner. Messrs. U. B. and Eugene Childress, N. V. Smith and Miss Floride Meadors motored from Fountain Inn, Sunday to spend a few days with Mr. and Mrs. John S. Keel. Miss Lizzie Lowe spent last week with her .grandfather, Mr. j. S. Birt. Mrs. Ed Jowers spent last week visiting in the community. Mr. J. Julien Bush returned last week from a four weeks stay in New York and Atlantic City. ’* Watermelons continue to bring good prices on the local! market. The People’s job department has been quite busy during the. past ten days printing page and double-page circulars for merchants in this and adjoining counties. M'^^Kg. Moody, Sr., left Friday aftern^v^for Waycross, Ga., to visit his daughter, Mrs. B. G. Parks. Messrs. J. E. Kennedy and Q. A. Kennedy, Jr. of Williston, were visitors here Thursday afternoon. County Loses Bloodhound Mrs. Nan Leaman and Miss Eva Hagood, of Greensboro, are the guests .of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Ha- *>- good. M rs. H. D. Calhoun, Miss Duncan, of Charleston, Miss BeRee Patterson and little Mary Pattersbn spent the week-end wih Mrs. W. Gilmore S*inms at Midway. Messrs. P. M. Buckingham, But ler Hagood, G. W. Manville and Perry A. Price attended the funeral services of Mr. H. M. Dibble in Ai ken Wednesday aftemon. Mr. Ed Vogel and family, of Sumter, were the week-end guests of relatives here. Upon their return home Monday tRey were accompanied by Master Brown Towles. Mr. George M. Armstrong, of St. Louis, Mo., came last week for a visit to his father, Capt. J B. Arm strong Mrs. B. B. Easterling, Mrs. B. L. Easterling and daughter, Miss Caro, spent Friday, with relatives in Den mark. -—. '' : -- Mr. Nick.Coclin, proprietor uf the Barnwell Fruit' Co., motored over to Augusta one day last week. On his way home , he was caught in one of the heaviest rains of the summer. Mr. “Bim” Mosely, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Mosely^ left Saturday for Annapolis, having been awarded a scholarship to that institution. A bout 40 of his friends were at the depot to bid him good-bye. Miss Myra Bates, daughter of Mrs. C. J. Bates, of Springfield, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Bolen this week. ^ _ The county lost a valuable blood hound last week as a result of' in juries sustained when it was run over by a freight train on the At lantic Coast Line railroad. Sheriff Sanders was trailing a negro who escaped from the Barnwell jail in February, the trail leading down the railroad track at Donora, near which place the * (accident occurred. The Sheriff says he js satisfied that he’ wasn’t more than a quarter of a mile behind the fugitive, as the dog was running a “hot tnril” when [day afternoon for struck by the train. He also track- Corinne Calhoun, ed the negro clown the railroad em bankment and back again, showing M.i'* B. _P. Davies and youngest soh^ Billie, went up to Colombia Friday morning to meet Master Ben Davies, Jr., who has beep on a visit to relatives in Burlington, Greens boro and Guilford College, N. C.‘ Mr. Eugene Easterling, of Greens boro, N. C., is spending his vacation here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. „ ■ . , ... , , B L Easterling For the benefit of those who failed Miss Ida Browning has retumel from a visit to Miss Reba Calhoun, at Ninety-Six. Miss Cahun accomp-. anied her home. i* Misses Blanche Porter and Marie Cornell went down to Allendale Mon- a visit to Miss Barnwell Man Assumes Duties Head of Banking Inistitntion. Williston, July 16.—(Special.) Mr. and ^frs. Paul Cook and fam ily of Olar and Mr. George Matthews of Mobile, Ala. are visiting their sis. ter, Mrs. W’.F. Toole and MissBettie Matthews. I Mrs. Rebecca Kahn and son Mor timer, of Mayesville and Miss Anne Mazursky, of Barnwell hate been viaiting their sister, Mr*. A. N. Gar ber. f Mr. and Mrs. W’. M. Hair and fam ily of Augusta visited Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Bell last Sunday. Monday evening, the boys and girls had a delightful picnic at Williston’* most popular resort—Smith’s Swim ming Pool. Mr. Earle Willis of Chicago is visiting relatives here. Mr. Willis is the youngest son of the late Cap tain John Willis, one of Williston's /oldest inku^>itants, * and Southern Ry. conductor for many years. Last Tuesday evening Miss Hattie Smith entertained for the many visitors now in Williston. On last Friday night, Miss Louise Prothro entertained st her home in honor of her guests, Misses. Harley, Poyroritch and Yevitch. % Miss Mary Harley, formerly of Williston, but now of Columbia ia visiting Miss Louise Prothro. A delightful party was given at Smith’s Swimming Pool Monday even ing by Miss Helen Willia in honor of her guests, Misses Nancy and Mar garet Evans of Pendeleton, S. C. Approximately fifty of the younger set and visitors were present and en joyed the cool swimming pool and the delightful refreshments. Misses Dragitzapoyroritch and Sibinka Yevitch, of Belgrade, Serbia, are the guests of Miss Louise Prothro. They were class-mates at Converse College during the past session. Dur ing the Summer, these, these young ladies visit the various towns of the State. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Kennedy and family have returned from Hender sonville, North Carolina where they visited Mrs. Kennedy’s family and attended the S. C. Bankers’ Convent ion. Mr. Kennedy reports the road from Williston to Hendersonville in wonderful codition. The trip could be made in hklf a day. Dr. Bobt Black aftd family of Bam berg stopped o\er with relatives last Tuesday on their way back from Beall Springs. Mr. Angus RUey of BennettsriHey The directors of the Bank of West, cm Carolina met in Aiken July 15th to consider filling ttie Vacancy in the office of President, caused by the death of Mr. Henry M. Dibble, who died July 11th. Mr. Dibble had been in failing lealth for the ; past four months, and at the annual meeting in April had been grr,toted an unlimited eave of absence to recuperate, but death overtook him suddenly jusf as he had made ready to go North in search of cooler weather. Under resolutions adopted in April, the Executive Committee of the bank, consisting of eight directors from various branches, was vested with the responsibility of conducting tha business (during his absence. This status having been maintained tha past three months, owing to his frequent absences from his desk, the directors at their meeting on tha 15th decided that it would ba for tha best interest of all concerned not to act with undue haste in choosing a new President, and adopted tha following resolutions: Resolved: That inasmuch as tha President cf the Bank of Western Carolina has departed this life, and it is not deemed expedient at this time to fill the vacancy in tha Presi dency caused by his death, because it is thought advisable that not only the Directors but the Stockholders of the Bank, and its patrons, should consider well who shodld be appoint ed to this important position— Therefore, the Board of Directors will not now act upon said matter, but continue the same for future consideration, and that there be a meeting of the Board of Directors to consider said matter on the lAlfc of September, next, at 11.30 o' clock, at this ptlce, sad that in the meantime, the efficient Vice. President of the Bank, ia -whom we have confidence, Mr. P. M. Buckingham, ^ do assume and ex ercise as President Pro Teas the duties of. the office of Preeident, and that he and the Directors, and the various coommitteee off the Directors, and other officers of the Bank conduct the business of the Bank as usual. £ A- in ‘the high school department bf the Barnwell Graded-Schools,, .Supt J. "D. Robison will open a summer Mrs. Hair and her many friends are is visiting his sister, Mrs. W. R. Ken nedy, after spending li few with his father, Mr. W. T. Riley of Allendale Miss Corrie Hair, who Is connected with the Chicks Springs Sanitarium near Greenville, as a nurse is on a visit tp Mr- and Mrs.'S. B. Hair. Be fore going to Chicks Springs, Miss Hair Inade her home with Mr. and school at the school building Monday, July 25th; All who are inierest?d in this should see him at once for terms. The friends of Mr. and Mrs. W. The days lose seven sunsnine this week. that he had left the track for >^he J. Lemon will be glad to know that minutee in train to pass. The dog was valued at their two little sons are recovering [ about 1150. from attacks of typhoid fever. Be sure snd read the page adver tisement of Hiers and Coleman, of Dunbarton, which Appears on the Hih page of this issue. They are offer ing some exceptional bargains dar ing the casing days of their sale, which has been very surcensful, in •pita jif . the rainy weather. Douglas Falrbaaks ia “The N<tt.“ The attraction extraordinary at The*'Vamp Theatre for Saturday afternoon and night will be Douglas Fairbanks in “The Nut.’* The management has gone to considerable expense to show this picture in Barn well. In order that everybody may be given an opportunity of seeing this great picture, which many declare is the best that Fairbanks ha* ever appeared in, the theatre will open at 3:30 o’clock in the after noon and run continuously until 11.30 that night. There will be a slight advance in prices. See complete pro« gram elsewhere in this issue. Kline News Items Kline, July 16.—Misses Marguo* rite Jenkins pnd Lucy Harrison left Tuesday for Savannah, where they will visit Miss Elizabeth Pate. " . . j B. M. Jenkins^ Sr., returned home this week from a visit to relatives in Savannah, Mr. Jenkins was ac companied home by his daughter, Mrs. C. W. Pate, who will spend a month here, Mrs. Pate is a former resident of Kline. • . - Miss Louise Thomas of Denmark is the attractive guest of Miss Inez Creech^ Owner Of Stolen Chanler Car Found glad to see her back in Williston. ~ Miss Margaret Edens of Bennetts, ville and Miss May Brabham am Mr. Terrell Riley of Bamberg were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Kennedy last Tuesday and took in the Willis- tbn-Denmark ball game. * _ ^ _ e Notice to Hmaters Mr. Angus B. Patterson, county ors’ 1 iconsoa are now on sal* at the Clerk of Court’s office. Through the earnest effort of May or Q. A. Kennedy, the owner of the stolen car mentioned in our last week’s issue has been located. The car wis stolen from Mr. J. H. Donley, Roanoke, Va. Sims is being held in Barnwell jail awaiting requisition' papers. We also understand he ia wanted by the Camp Bragg authori ties for desertion. He cornea of w. prominent North Augusta family. —The Williston Way. Denmark, July G. W.. < to 8. J.