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‘a • “A Eatsablished fn 1877. — v r m Juftl Like a Member of the Family" Largest County Circulation. VOLUME XLV. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 30TH, 1922. NUMBERS 3 O COURT OF COMMON PLEAS TO CONVENE APRIL 10TH f ; First and Secand Week Jurors Drawn ■*v —Judge Devore to Preside. The April term of the Court of Common Pleas for Barnwell County will convene at Barnwell on Monday, April 10th, with Judge J. W. Devore, of Edgefield, presiding. The term is scheduled to run three weeks. First and second week jetit jurors have been drawp^as follows: First Week Jurors. G. M. Sheppard, Great Cypress. Thomas Sanders, George’s Creek. W. H. Sanders, Great Cypres. D. T. Latimer, Williston. Clyde Vickery, Barnwell. ’ John R. Ray, George’s Creek. H. S. Anderson, Bennett Springs. M. A. Harden, Great Cypress. E. D. Dicks, Bennett Springs. J. E. Owens, Barnwell. * — U. D. Cook. Red Oak. ' G. A. Bonds, George's Creek. W\ E. Cunningham, Williston. A. R. Wilson, Barnwell. A. B. Still, Great Cypress. W\ J. Lemon. Barnwell. Joe Keeler. Blackville. J. W. Browning, Blackville. A. F. Ferguson, Great Cypress. Lee Dyches. George’s Creek. A. B. Holley, Red Oak. J. R. Grubbs, Blackville. W. H. Harden. Great Cypress. J. R. Harrison, Barnwell. \l. A. Latimer, Williston. R. F. Baughman, Rich I^ind. L. R. Baughman, TVnnett Springs. A. O. Hair. Blackville. J. W. Boyles. Bennett Springs. C. R. Boylatun. Blackville H. M Thompson. Williston . N C. Black. Barnwell. J. W, Williams. Jr., Williston. Cecil Greene. W illiston. B. W J Still. Blackville. J. S. Hair, Barnwell. . Second Week Juror*. A. J. Bonds (reorge’s Creek. C. J. Diamond, Barnwell. I. . M Sprawls, Williston. J. B. Robinson. WV H. Moody. , ^ t". Kennedy. Rosemi J. J. Vickery. Barnwell J L. All. Bennett Sprir A. M. Sanders. Red Osl J. A. Morris, (forge’s Samuel J. Bailey. Four B K. Folk. Rosemary. W A. Stome. Blackvill N. V. Collins George's T. J. Creech. Blackville C. R Lazar. Barnwell. C. W’. Hair. W’ilTiston. • L. K. Hair. Williston. R. A. Gunnels (icorge’i lb I. ilartzog, (ieorgc’s W. A. Aleyei w Hcs.nett Spsiag^, W’ W M , . P.:.ukvillf. J. W’. Spires. Blackville. O. B. Staley, Wihvton. W. L. Bradley, Rich Lapd u L< H. Still, Blackville. • E. W. Black. W’ilTIston. Oscar Birt, Barnwell. W. R. Kennedy, Williston. H. B. Anderson. Rich Land. R. C. Carroll. Barnwell. Frank Sunders, George’s Creek. J. M. Burckhaiter, Rich Land. J. W. Jackson, Williston. W’. R. Rutland. Rosemary. G. O. Cadden, W r illiston. PRESIDENT OF’CANNERY CO. VISITED ELKO LAST WEEK His Mission Was to Investigate Pos- r sibilities of Branch Cannery. Elko, March 28.—Mr. C. S. Crary, president of the C. S. Crary Cannery Co., of Streater, 111., was a welcomed and distinguished visitor here last W’ednesday, the 22nd inst. Mr. Crary was accompanied by Mr. J. M. Draper, Development Agent of the Extension Department of the South ern Railway with offices in Atlanta. Mr. Crary’s mission was to investi gate the possibilities of establishing a branch cannery, of his famous “Sweetheart” brand cannery, and his trip just at this time was to look af ter the quality* of the asparagus grown in this section. Since -the weather was so cold on this date, his visit for this purpose was unsatisfac tory and he left foPFlorida for a few days. He returns aoout the first week in April for another inspection. The truck growers generally look up- or this gentlemen’s visit with much favor. The good old summer time is fast drawing near. Soft drink drummers are booking orders for future delivery Merchants are reminded that this is campaign year ami a full stock is advised. Bottling plants are notified Ui have plenty of syrups on hand— the candidates will furnish the gas. Mrs. Olive Chitty. of Olar. has spent two weeks with Mrs. N. B. Youngblood recently. .. Miss Annie Laurie Burckhaiter, of Dunbarton, was on the sick list for quite a while until she visited her aia* ter. Mrs. W. II. Wooley The food and air at Mr. Wocsev's are whole- ORGANIZATION OF FIRE DEPARTMENT PERFECTED J. Vickery Elected Chief.—Insur- Efforts Being Made to Give Cancer John Carter, Barber, Charged With ance Rate to Be Reduced. _ • A meeting t>f those interested in a Fire Department for the town of Barnwell was held in the office of Harley and Blatt Wednesday after- BARNWELL LADY MAKES APPEAL FOR SUFFERER FORMER BARNWELL NEGRO IN DANGER OF LYNCHING Victim the Abrams Treatment. The People gladly gives space to the following, communication from Mrs. G. M. Greene, of Barnwell, who is trying to raise money to enable a noon at which time some thirty men sufferer from cancer to take the organized a Fire Department for the town, and elected J. J Vickery as Chief, with M. C. Best and E. D. Woodward as Assistant Chiefs. -Those present at the meeting were very enthusiastic and the Chief afte* hisf election organized a Department by arranging the men in groups so that in case of a fire each member would know what his duty was and would follow the * duty assigned to him. A colored Fire Department was also organized, with John Eaves as Chief of this department, and will have charge of the hook and ladder. Abrams treatment; Some few weeks since an article ap peared in The People w’ritteh by Capt. F B. Fishburne relative to the Abrams Cancer Cure, Captain Fish burne having been cured by this method after expenditure of thousands of dollars in various hospitals in an effort to be cured. He states that “the. people who use thft Abrams method now are those given up by all others. They are able to successfuly handle very bad cases. I have gone through a lot of suffering and thous ands dollars of expense but there is a silver lining to that heavy cloud and •me and the water used at his h« •use to time pu mp*-< il h yaw mdm ill fro m the j be pun It 11*1 r of i the earth. Misi • A nni e I .au- partmen A n rlurf | f»i j to IHi nhart on las >t Fn- Every iy r ntir* •ly well. in case Mr . J. P Lee. o f Wi 11 in ton . f inds 1 i who eve is st ay a t h m 94991*1 i. Mr. F. P. Lee’s. whereab kpdtu mt. and hia many fr iem Is and | is to be •lati at Elko are iual lly as I 1 system U'AM K* l< a h axe hi m m ftk< i 0 lift his 1 citizens h »mr certain Mn t. R G. Ktan •ell m< ttor ed to fire. idg» . Sp ring rs rwci i ntly for ft w< i«*k- It is id ti nth hur k i mania Mr. J. w. Council Thru the hard work of Chief Vickery | it is in knowing that I have had a and with the help of Oscar Birf, the 1 part in hastening the coming of this hose on the reels has been inspected, ; treatment for others; absolutely the nozzles put in good condition and the most wonderful discovery for suffer- reels paint/d red. The hook and lad- I ing humanity is my opinion of the cr has also been painted red, and the | Abrams method.” ladders have been put in proper re- | We have such a deserving case in pair, so that the Department is in ' our town, Mr. John Bryant, who is a proper shape to meet an emergency, j preat sufferer from this terrible dis- Everybody is delighted with the ap- ; ease, and on bis behalf I have ta&n {•ointment of Mr. Vickery aa Chief, 1 this matter up wi'.w Captain Fish- for he is a cool, level headed fellow. | burne, also Dr. O. M. Hayward, of and is right on the job when it comes Cincinnati, O., where treatment can to keeping the department in proper be had. Dr. Hayward states that the shape and fighting fire. His assist- j expense will be about $20.00 to $25.00 ants are good men. have had a great ; per week, he giving one-half off on deal of experience and are always eager to do their duty In time of need. Fraetical drills will be bad from time time and additional equipment will purchased, so as to place the de in first class condition Everybody is asked and requested of fire to call 79 and inform answers the phone as to the »uta of the fir* divided into districts and a m is bring prepared so that the of the town will know by a whistle the direction of the 1, Mb tto is the head of the South MilppCJ Cftfu tirui An paragon (irower* A**o- , thr oi $11 ft sNl is now stationed at Wil- I Mil i M11 i. Mr . Jones FINALLY ggt t went n fhiet 1 miles of Utopia i me vr s. understood from the Towr that they will render every and it has been treatments and future examinations, and that the whole cost will not run over $250.00 to $350.00. I know that awns like a large amount of money but when we think what it means to he able to possibly save a human life, a man with a family of small children and one who has always been a hard working man but who is mm unable The town j to do anything at all, the cost will not appear * so large, L’nrierstand this amount is not to he paid at one time, t Hit payments earh week. Of course enough will have to be paid in to defray expenses, etc., and then each week an amount sufficient to —»* pay his expenses. Those who feel iated that U Serious Crime at Denmark. John Carter, son of J. S. M. Car ter, colored, of Barnwell, who teach es a negro school a few miles from this place, .was spirited away from Denmark sometime Friday night following threats of a lynching. Carter is remembered by many of the people of Barnwell, where he lived for a number of years. The following dispatch from Bamberg to the News and Courier tells the story of the alleged crime: Bamberg, March 25.—John Carter, a negro barber of Denmark, about thirty-five years old, was spirited away from Bamberg last night fol lowing threats of a lynching. Car ter is charged with attempted crim inal assault upon a twelve-year-old school girl yesterday afternoon. Sheriff Ray received a telephone call from the night marshall of Den mark early in the n*ght, requesting the sheriff -to come to Denmark, as feeling was high against the negro and the marshal feared summary vengeance would be wrought upon the prisoner who had been placed in rthe town guard house. Sheriff Ray brought the negro to Bamberg and soon afterward carried him away without stating his destination. ' Information from Denmark is to the effect that the little girl had been to school during the day; had returned home for her dinner and was then going fo her father’s place of business to remain with him the rest of the afternoon. As she parsed the barber shop in which Carter worked, it is said. Carter in vited her to come in the shop and let him trim her hair, nothing strange of which would be thought, as the negro served white trade only, She was in the chair, it is claimed, when the attempt was made. The girl escaped and gave the alarm, and negro ran to the guard house without waiting to he arrested, it it said. BARNWELL COUNTY WELL REPRESENTED IN AIKEN Large Number from This Section Heard “Jimmie” Cox Monday. that they \\ Mi reduce the in- Mr fiv town about work. i effort is be- ! to me to purchase i Me t< d. if possible. t.it you i ted ki C'rt ek. Creek. i f« - H ow doing buni on King Street, Charleston, as ml«-r of the him of Hair and pmiterx and •produce; wti* “ffnihe I lust week and everybody was glad to' j see Edwin Lee. His trip whs {Vrofit- | able to nearly everybody here, for he | paid two cents per pound more for I chickens than any one else offered. Picnics and protracted meetings this summer must suffer as a result of this visitor from the seashore. Mrs. \V. H. Hair has been ill for several days. Everybody irtlsses her and hopes for a speedy recovery for her. Mr. John Shipes, of Eastman. Ga., who fell during the snow of the past winter and broke his arm, is able to be out on the streets. His friends are glad to know that he is able to get Sueling, March 28.—Mrs Oscar ' a ^ out affain- i s visiting his urner, of Greenwood, is visiting heV daughter, Mrs. A. E. Hair daughter, Mrs. W. B. Parker. Miss Katherine Birt, of the Rose mary section., is spending this week with Miss Sina Birt Messrs. W. T. and Charlie Still 1 Tuesday afternoon at the home were‘’visitors in Denmark last Wed- ** D * rate in the file per cent. A le by th** Mayoi lal equipment, a truck, in which cam* the insu- e cut down almut otic-half. ( eitain additional equipment is now being addl'd by way of axes, buckets, raincoats and additional hose, and within a short time-it is believed that Ch a F w I >uid pay $!.ttO per ■ weeks would >«• doing a If you will hand in your together with amount yo contribute I shall glad!; for amount mih! I feel sun fr of us u’il! be glad to help thy a cause, if only a >ni REGISTRATION OF CARS IB LIGHTER THIS YEAR South Carolina Automobile Figure* Show Considerable Drop. At mount. • The following contributions. hav< already been made: Home Hank of Barnwell, $25.00; H. L. O’Bannon. $5.- f Vickery’s Department will rank | ( H , ; (; || # Crecr.*. $5.00; Jennie P. with *m r in the State in proportion to | G ree p C ; |5 0n ; Harlev and Blatt, tht -r . le of the town. In case of fire $6.oo ; Miss Ida Browning, $1.00. SNELLING ITEMS everybody that does not belong to the organization is requested to keep their advice to-themselves and let the Or ganized Department fight it as they will be advised by their Chief aqd as sistants. (Signed) Jennie P.-Greehe. REEDY BRANCH ITEMS. ROSEMARY NEWS. BLACKVILLE U. D C. Blackville, March 27.—The Davis j Lee chapter. U. I). C. of Blackville nesday. of Mrs. R. Bowman Still. Among the matters of business taken up her aunt, Mrs. W..B Parker Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Birt and child ren, of the Rosemary section, *speht .the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Lee. C Little Miss Billie Parker, of Co- was the election of delegates to the lumbia, is spending some time \frith Fdisto. district conference which meets in Saluda April 27. Mrs. L. C. Still and « mrs. T. L. Wragg were chosen delegates' with Mrs. A. H. Ninestein and Miss Rosa Rich, alter nates. A sketch of Mrs. C. J. Mill- Misses Estelle ‘Still and Josie Lee ing the new president of the South Hill spent the week-end with Miss| Carolina division > was read. Mrs. Marie Hill. Mr. A. Ayer gave an interesting Mr. and Mrs. Heyward Anderson, reading on “Stratford, the Birth- of Dunbarton, spent Sunday with the place of Robert E. Lee.” “The latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. History of Dixie" was read by Mrs. Cook. . - . • | A, H. Nineatein. -The minutes - of Rev. J M- Knoece was the guest of , the Hamburg convention looked Mr. and Mrs. W. L- Baxley last Sun-j ov * r with interes t and thechapter re day. port was dead. The matter of organiz- Messrs. 0. D. and S. E. Moore and >ng * chapter of Children of the Con- J. A. Hill were visitor* in Augusta federacy was discussed but no dicision last week. ' j made. It was decided that at each ^ 11 ♦ ♦ ♦ • meeting a reading from "Women of Mr. lL 'J- Rountree, of Williston, ( the South hi War Times” ho given was a culler at this off .re owe day The April. meeting will he at tn« Rosemary, March 28.—Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Grubbs, of Williston, were the guests of the former’s broth er. Mr. J. B. Grubbs, Sunday. Mr. Arthur Anderson, of Warren- ville, was the guest Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick. Misses Clyde Powell and Lucy Lard were the week-end guests of Miss Mary Bodiford. Several of the members of the Rosemary- Church went over to Barn- Mrs. Ella Zorne visited her daugh- t.er. Mrs. J. F Hair, last weak. Mr. and Mrs. Wilwe Kennedy were the guests of Mrs. Josephine Hair Sunday. The many friends of Mr. Charles Bell were sorry Jp learn of his death which'occtirred' last week at his daughter’s home. He was a consist ent member*of the Rosemary. Church. MEMORIAL DAY The Rivers Bridge Memorial As sociation will observe Friday, April j Sunday evening. Reedy Branch. March 27.—Misses Florence and Lottie Still spent Sat urday night with Miss Lilah Still. Mr. and Mrs. B. W. J. Still and children were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. S Still. Miss Juanita Still spent the week end with Miss Lillian Hutto. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Harley and children spent Sunday with Mr. John- •son Black, Sr. Messrs. Johnson Black, Jr. and Franklin Black were the guests of Mr. W. R. Black Sunday afternoon. Mrs. J. B. Grubbs* and children spent Friday night with Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Grubbs, Sr. Mr. and. Mm. N. C. Grubbs, Sr., spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. An- gie Bondsr Misses Ineeda and r: Iris 6rubbs spgnt the week-end with Miss Amer ica Croft. Messrs. Jennings and David Owens were visitors at the home of Misses EUlalie and Azilie Hiers "Saturday evening. A large crowd of the Reedy Branch folks were visitors to ..Dduble Ponds Sunday afternoon^^ Mr. Lawton Creech was a visitor; at the hotne of Miss Azilie Hiers along the country towns and cities it are now in opera- ’:on about as many automobiles in South f'arolinn as wvre running last year, but according to the registra tion at the offices of the State high way department, the number td^cars has dropped off considerably, says The State. For the whhle of last year the total registration of auto mobiles was 83.349. For this year up to March 13 the total registration of cars was 63,249, a decrease from 1921 of 20,100 automobiles. It should be borne in mind, however, that the fig ures for 1922 cover only a little over two months and that there are prob ably many cars which are not yet provided with 1922 plates and that many cars will b^ bought before the end of the year. The decrease in the number of trucks for this year as compared with last is 1,857. Last year the total track registration was .7,197; this year up to March 13 it was 5,340, ac cording to figures from the highway department. The figures for automobiles for 1921 and 1922 by counties in this section, arenas—follows • 1922. 1921. Aiken .. ..1548 2015 Allendale • 331 541 Bamberg ,. .-^_ 581 902 Barnwell 580 914 Hampton - 650 - 881 Q rrii_ The comparative.figures for trucks for all of 1921 and a part of 1922, up to March 13, are as follows:' 1922. •_ 1921. Aiken . 136 -162 Allendale' . 16 23 Bamberg -_2-_ 32 66 Barnwell 39 62 Hampton 16 82 28, as memoi^al day this year. The Rivers Bridge memorial is a local event of importance, anti u attended annually by thousands of persons in Miss Pearl Grubbs has been spend ing a few days with her sister, Mrs. Luther Delk. Mr. Jeff Black- was a visitor to Miss IN MEMORIAM. , belt* ef Mrs R A. GyMt*. * {tear* for v«ani and • _ . > ^ * * •+- M’ honor of the (.onfedprate dead at j Josephine Grubbs Sunday evening, that place Charles Carroll Simmaj Miaa Myrtie Grubbs apent the week will make the address of the oc casion. Committees on . grounds music. #te . hive been appointed by I Toeaday with MrTw. R Black, the executive committee of the aa- - . S a ♦♦ * aorianoa , which has been tm nua 1 The days gma IS mil end with relatives near Blackville Mr. and Mjv F^ J. Black spent The Death Angel visited our old home on March 23rd, 1922, just two year* ago today, and carried with ^ ; m our beloved father. A. D. Hiers, aged 39 years. Oh. how our hearts ache when we think of oat we lovsd aa dear shad never be seen oa earth i sk. ae this l But Barnwell County was well repre sented in Aiken Monday, when Governor James M. Cox, formerly Governor of Ohio and Democratic nominee for the Presidency in 1920 addresse d a large crowd of South Carolina Democrats. He received a rousing welcome and in turn paid a glowing tribute to the hospitality of Aiken. After an interesting talk about the farmers and their problems, education and good roads, he paid a high tribute to Congressman James F. Byrnes, of this District, saying that it was not by any luck or chance that he had become « member of the powerful appropriations committee of the House of Representatives. Launching into national politics, a subject, which it was evident, he liked to discuss , Gc-emor Cox ex coriated Senator Lodge for hit atti tude against the League of Nations and declared that tne “four-power Pacific treaty,” while good, was not to he compared with the League of Nations covenant as brought back from Paris by President Wilson. Dtscusaes Treaty. “It is like playing In the ’huah * league,* "said the governor, “whea we <*>ul<i have played in the 'big league’ ”. He % continued by saying that the League of Nations covenant embraced all of the nations, whereas only four are represented in the pact just agreed upon ai|i ne charged that the demoralisation to business in 19M and 1921 was largely caused by tbs attitude of the United States senate in refusing to ratify the league of Nations treaty. Had this been done, the governor said, the nations of Ea- ropr needing credit could have beoa given credit and American products raised for export could have found a market. He said the Republicans killed the league of Nations bee-anas of the animosity, the jealousy of Lodge and his associates toward pres ident Wilson, to whom Governor Cex paid a glowing tribute. He said the principles enunciated’ by President Wilson would never die and that the Republicans with their present treaty are following in his footstep*. The governor compared Article 19 of the league of Nations covenant with Article 2 c? tne Four-Power Pacific Treaty and said that the dif ference between them * was merely the difference between tweedledum and tweed leder. He spoke of tho dangers of the Four-Power Pacific Treaty, pointing out that as an ally’ of Japan America is bound to coma to the rescue- of Jhai country and tv defend her in the illegal posses sion of parts of Russia, which she has seized illegally. The governor was not captious in his criticism of the recent agreement, but referred to the bigger and broader one embraced in the League of Nations, a treaty not for four nations hut for all—a treaty which would insure disarmament throughout the world. He said the League of Nations was now function ing splendidly and while two years ago there were fourteen embryoaie wars in Europe, now there is only one. v •' . Pays Tribute to Wilson. The governor paid a glowing trib ute to President Wilson’s feat in the enactment of the federal Reserve banking system and his work for world peace was praised unstintedly, the former president being referred to as a casual of the world war, but one who ha* not raised Jhs-voice m criticism of the acts of the present administration, preferring not to em- barrass President Harding by a single word of criticism. At the conclusion of the address Governor Cox said that the fight far right had just begun and that he knew he was right in his platform in 1920 and that* 1 he grew more con- ’ fident all the time that right must and will prevail. As he concluded the band played “Dixie” and the a»- dience went wild with typical Dixie land enthusiasm, the enthusiasm of a great assemblage of Democrats for one who had been the standard- bearer of their party once and 4he their standard bearer again. —“ hope to meet him there shall pert no more. Tie hard to break the Undei Where lore has bound tho I TVs herd, ae hard, to speak t “Wo meat forever part!*