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Established In 1877. VOLUME XLV. M Jus( Like a Member of the Family" BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 27TH, 1922. Largest County Circulation. -ft- NUMBER BARNWELL CLUB ELECTS \ FQUR WOMEN DELEGATES Harmonious Meeting Held H*re Sat urday.—Women in Majority. ROADS ARE CONSTRUCTED IN SPITE OF STRINGENCY Construction Keeps Pace With Coun try’s Billion Dollar Program. The meeting of the Barnwell Demo cratic Club, here Saturday was fea tured by the presence of quite a num ber of women. In fact, they outnum bered the men, and were given a cor dial reception into the Democratic party by Chairman Edgar A. Brown in behalf of the Democrats of Barn well County. The 1 meeting was called to order by Col. .Brown, who impress ed upon the new citizens the import ance of the club meeting. The old of-, ficers were reelected by acclamation, they being as follows: President, Ed gar A. Brown; Secretary, B. P. Davies; Executive Committeeman, Edgar A. Brown. It was then moved, seconded and carried that Messrs. Brown and Davies be elected as delegates to the county convention by acclamation, leaving 11 to be elected by ballot. Twelve candidates, Including four women, were nominated, but upon the withdrawal of one name, the others were also elected by acclamation. It also decided'to allow a majority f the delegate* to select alternates in case vacancies should occur. The delegates to the convention -are as follows; Mrs. J. Emile Harley. Mrs. I*. H. Christie, Mr*. W. E. McNab, Mr*. G. M. Greene. Edgar A. Brown. R- P Davies, J. B. Armstrong, G. W Manville, A. A Lemon. P W Price.' H. L. O'Ban non. T M. Boulwarv and J. A. Porter The meeting ran best be described as a veritable love feast, the utmost harmony prevailing and factionalism Icing taboo Htteam nob Meeting The Si loam Democratic Club reor ganised Saturday momiag at 10 o'- clock by electing tae following offi- • ers: Frank Harley, president. E. G Hay. sec ratary; J. W Bates, execu tive committeeman Delegates to the • aunty ear vent i<m are E. G. Hay J. W. Bates. Special to The People. New York, April 24.—That despite the stringency of the bond market dur ing the past six months American road and street construction is keep ing pace with the country’s billion dollar prdgram is shown by statis tics just compiled from official re ports to the Asphalt Association, this city, as to bond issues comtemplated, voted and sold during the first three months of 1922 compared to the last quarter of 1921. These reports are from states, counties, parishes, town ships, road districts and municipali ties among which Barnwell, with a bond issue of 815,000 for county road improvements reported as sold, is one. , While the figures show the usual winter slackening in road building they also indicate that provision for street construction in the cities has # gone forward. Contemplated bond issues for country highways increased from $296,935,000 to $307,009,200. or $10,074,200. Bonds voted by the pub lic amounted . to $90,414,772. The contemplated bond issues for streets increased from $9,981,945 to $26. 164.498. a jump of $l6.182.6&:t. Bond issues voted for streets increased from $22,717.465 to $23,137,175, or $419,710, and the bonds sold amount- to $1.',262.972. ELKO ’“GRASS” 4S POPULAR IN PHILADELPHIA, PENN. Fine Quality and Pack Make* Hit in Quaker City*---,- (Too late for last week.) Elko, April 21.—-Easter passed off uneventful. The primary department of the school enjoyed an Easter egg hunt on the Town Hall lot last Fri day afternoon^ The post office Sun day morning was sweetly scented with the sachet powdered Easter cards. New Spring dresses were in evidence. They call the predomina ting color “periwinkle blue.” It has not been long since the same color was called “Harding Blue.” Witfc us, “blue is blue.” A vey "prominent gentleman of Blackville was visiting in Philadel phia recently, and he went out with kin folk to the markets shopping Seeing a crate of asparagus marked from Elko, he remarked that he lived near Elko, whereupon the merchant said that" he had a special trade for Elko asparagus because of its quality and pack, and that he felt that he could not do without the Elko grass. »* . Mrs. G. E. Crouch recently spent the day in Augusta shopping, hut states that she did not complete her shopping, so that she could make an other trip soon. Mrs. R. A. Green, accompanied by COOPERATIVE MARKETING CAMPAIGN NEARS CLOSE Promises to Result in One of Greatest i • ' * * ' Victories Ever Recorded. Columbia, April 24..South Carolina is in tji^ throes of the closing stages of one of the greatest campaigns ev er waged in the history of the State and whjph promises before the end of the week to result in one of the great est victories ever recorded in the State. The campaign to sign up 400,000 bales of cotton by May 1, to be sold through the South Ca^plina Cotton Growers’ Cooperative Associa tion, which has been in progress since last August, is dosing amidst scenes of the greatest enthusiasm almost everywhere in the state, scenes that have never been equalled in some sec tions, not even durinA^the famous war drives. Victory in the drive is declared by the leaders to be almost-certain but, taking no chances on the final out come, the workers are out in the field day and night, pushing the fight ev ery minute. Over 150,000 bales of cotton were signed in the last two weeks and this week is expected to see records smashed. Hundreds of farmers who had been debating the matter ever since the beginning of the campaign signed up last week and several hundred more are expect ed to sign this week. In fact, the REPRESENTATIVE BYRNES HAS EARNED HIS SALARY Has Thirty Million Dollars Sent Back : *■. r :.V to the Treasury. ; 7' COURT OF COMMON PLEAS IS MAKING HASTE SLOWLY Mrs. Marcella Cave, spent a few days J drive is beginning to assume the pro in Augusta last week upon the sad I portions of a landslide, mission of attending the burial of ' Banker* and business men. tie lie v- Mr. Holman, brother of the former, ing that the cooperative marketing DOt RLE POND ITEMS sre M sua Elected si M iHuitaa. W illistna. April 22. —- (Special.)—** With probably the largest attentf- anre in its history, the Williatoa DemocraUr Club met here Saturday afternoon. Fully 23 per rent, were ladies, whu atet a* member* «*f this club for the flr*t time. The club was reorganised with the Ihiutile Pond, April 24.—Preaching services were conducted by Rev. J. K Davis at Double Pond Sunday after noon. Misses Bertha and Lila Weeks spen Saturday night and Sunday with Mias Ethel Collins near Govan. Mias Julia Warren tra» the guest of Mis* Olie Lee Jones Saturday night. * Mr. and Mrsa. H. W. Jones spent nd i Saturday and Sunday with the for mer’s parents, Mm. Ellen Jones. Miss Oilie Lee Jones was the guest of Mias Lillian Hutto Friday afternoon • , Miss Pearlene Grubbs spent last week with her sister, Mrs Henry Rodifurd. Mr. and Mrs. J. M flirt, of Blaek- ville visited the home yf Mrs. Ellen Jones Sunday. Mrs. Green's many friends Kert extending her their sympathy Miss Annie Brown, of the Baptist Courier, Greenville, was a week-end visitor to her euosin, Mrs. R. G. Stan- sell, last Saturday, Sunday and Mon day, ■*’ Prof. D. D. Eison. principal of the Govan school at present and formerly principal of the Kline graded school, paid Elko another visit last week end. Mr. Kiaon baa some f i tends bent. of the State's principal crop will mean more for the future welfare of the State than anything that could he proposed, are out in the field act ively at work. Many leading busi ness men of the State have almost deserted their places of business this week and are giving full time to the prosecution of the campaign * "We art on the very eve of the preotrst victory ever won in South y dear ' Carolina.’’ declared Harry G. Kami- net. president of the asaoriation, to- Washington, April 24.—Represen tative J. F. Byrnes earned his salary today'. As a result of his single- handed fight, conferees on the part of the House and Senate struck from the appropriations bill in favor of the shipping board an item which would have permitted the shipping board to make use of an unexpended balance of $30,000,000. The original request of/ the board was that it be granted arc appropriation of $100,000,000. The director of the budget, Gen. C. G. Dawes, approved the request, and then the shipping board, in addition, asked that it be permitted to expend a balance to its credit amounting to $30,000,000. Mr. Byrnes took up the fight at that point. He argued that the re quest of the board would circumvent a law which required that all unex pended balances be placed in the treasury, and that the request was out of order. Hit point waa sustain ed. But the $enate agreed to the re quest of the shipping board. When this agreement was brought before the 4 house, Mr. Byrnes renewed his fight and the House formally voted a disagreement with the Senate. The matter at issue was the sub ject of a struggle in conference An nouncement tonight that the con femes had accepted the verdict of the House gave Mr. Byrnes a complete victory. • * Hr has saved the government $10. 000,000, it Is pointed out, and has more than earned his salary. —The State MK RKYANT IMPROVING Our folk are all glad to hear that the Elko-Lee* public road will be completed up to Blackville about the middle of next month. Engineer rai Spring* in charge has been ifufuinng Wc about a hoarding place already ami to hope* to move to Elkv within the next liei 30 days. 1 day. The farmers of the State are signing a new declaration of inde pendence. They am going to hare a ’ so in the price of their cotton, expect every rown.y in the State go over the top. We do not be- e we shall be disappointed.** NEWS FROM ROSEMARY NOT A DRY I’HTI RE re-ele- tipn of the former off to W. Snolling, April 2i D Black, president; Dr. W. C. Smith. Vice-President; M G. K itching*. Secretary. * W. D. Black was elected _ III | Executive Committeeman. I Donoiu. spent Sunday with Mr. ami The following weffselected 'lelpgato* j Mr*. W. L. Baxley, to the county convention which meet* Messrs. S. E. and K. K. Moore, W m Barnwell May 1st: W. D. Black,: R. Parker, and T. i>. Creighton werr The •o tmreir ig carnival •erne* of NEW !> ; -Two % Week* With Pay” art the plea**: it *umm er. vacation tempo of Mr ami Mrs. ! thim M ory whu h deal* with a young . " * 4*0 S • a Gary, of iri who takes her “two weeks le m»I' , W Shuler, J. W. Folk, A. M. Kennedy, Mrs. <« C. Matthews, Mrs. W. C. hpiitb Miss Bessie Willis, with R^flT'fhirvis, M. A. Smith. F. T. Mer ritt and J. A. Latimer as alternates. The President of the club welcomed with |>a> ” at a fasrtlunable jtuntmei resort where »h«- is mistaken for a famous screen star known as the "Diving Venus.** m Circumstance* make it necessary Ro**mary. April 24.—Mr. Sullivan M kimr and -family and Miss Fairy Mae Kennedy, all of Aiken, were visi tor* at the home of Mr. and Mm. M. M. Hair Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. M illie Kennedy and little dautrhter. Juanita, were visi tor* in this section Sunday. Messrs. Horace Hexth. Willie ■Bunch and Misses Pearl and Addle Bunch, of W illiston. were visitors in E. Pro thro. Dr. W. C. Smith. J. L. J visitors in Columbia last week . I Mr.. Jhonnir 8.nd-r. ami childrrn \ f " r ,[ ‘ rl '» »““■« thr char-. Ihi. v„,n,ly Sunday att.mmm. and Mr,. Rufu~ San.l.T-, „f ihr Biu .*‘ U ‘ r of U * * c,rv, “‘- * n ‘ , | Miaa Ruby Town.- enlcruinrd 1 Fork aenrnn. am-nl thr w.-ek-rmi I *■" “ «• » "»»< '**»<'*'• I »** >> f >>" Friday nifkt with with their parent.. Mr. and Mra. IV. I j"* ** of •<«"“-»« ,« l»rty. ep g ti j| least being the necessity .of doing a Mr. and Mrs. Fred Powell and !U- 'Misses Lucy Cook and Sina Birt hiph dive for whith *** is n01 in ^ I tU * d * U,fht< “ r w ™‘ ,h « *uests of Mr. I least qualified! j and Mrs. Bob Purvis, of the Beulah Barnwell Saturday afternoon. \ **** IWI ’- twrtk*. Sunday. ... D - . , , i the heroine of this lively eomedy- Mrs. \\. (.. Birt spent Saturday ; . , , . , , , , , • u. •,I , . . , vt \t o i ' drama, which is scheduled for a tlay night with his sister, Mrs. M. Bolen,! ... , ., * ,• , run at the \ amp Theatre, Thursday, m the C alvary section. • 1 ’ 1 April 27. the ladies into membership with a few attended the Teachers Association in pleasant remarks. Short talks were made by Senator A.’M. Kennedy, Dr. W. (’. Smith. Representative J. W, Folk and Dr. W. C. Smith. C. S. Craryi of Streator, III. made a short talk which was enjoyed ,by all. of Dunbarton, spent with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Heyward Anderson, | Sunday here j Small Crowd Present. Only a small crowd of Democrats attended the meeting of the Black ville Democratic Club Saturday, after noon, at which time’the following, officers were elected: C. H. Mathis, .president; Harry Rich,* secretaty; C. H. Mathis, eecutive committeeman The ^pllpwing is a list of the dele- • ♦ • — gates to the county convention: C. The days gain ten minutes in sun- H. Mathisw-J. -I. Ray, J.-B.-Grubbs, E. - shine this week. Mr. Hubert DeWitt, of Blackville, ! is among the cour* attendants here Miss Nell Moore of Barnwell, spent j t u-~ the week-end with Miss Eunice Hill. ; - Messrs. W, C. and Mieagy Birt, .wgre visitors in the Long Branch sec- tibn Monday afternoon. Miss Elizabeth Sanders is spend ing this week with Her grand-mother, Mrs. W T . T. Still. ’ Mrs. Corrinne Burckhalter and father motored down to Oiar Thurs day, returning home Satudsy. Miss Mamie Willis entertained a few of her friends Saturday night with a party. NOTICE j To All Automobile Owners or Owners LONG BRANCH ITEMS Long Branch, April 25.—Friends of Mr. F. Birt wHCregret to hear of his illness with pneumonia, and hope for- of any Motor Driven Vehicles Operatin'g Upon the Public Highways. F. Boylston, S. R. Boylston, C. D. ; - ■ ^ ^ . ■' ' • 1 ■ ■■■ Dyches. J. C. Kammer, J. W. Shelton, j organized Saturday by electing the I.. F. Hair, Seymour Ross and P’rank- following officers: 0. F. Carter, Jin Harley. . One Woman Present him a speedy recovery. ^ Miss Pearie BiH spent the week end with her aunt, Mrs. Willie Hair. — Mr.. P\ T. Hair and family of It has come to my notice that quite, Barnwell visited this community a number of persons are operating j Sunday, automobiles and motor driven ve- j Master French arid Walton Sanders hides ppon the public highways that J and sister, Minnie Lee, were week- do not display ‘ a 1922 license, some end visitors in this vicinity. ’ usihg 1921 license hrid some with no j Mr. S, .J.. Keel and family spen^ i license at.all. 1 have refrained from 1 Sunday with .Mr. altd Mrs. J.' R. Car- Comparatirely Small Number «C Cases Tried at Present Term. i Mr. Editor: I have just received the following letter from Dr. Hayward, of Chati anooga. Tetm: “We are very glad to report antis factory improvement la Mr. Dry ant's case The disease energy Is grsnUy ure«i with a eorresponding i prove merit of symptom* and the swelling In his sides. The erwlooed ■latrment covers the week from April 11th. to 17th, in elusive. I am vrry glad Mr. Bryant hna a ■ friend in you and in the pevpir of I Barnwell He la quite cheerful and tells u» that he* feels at home. both with u* here at the office and with the iady In whose home we obtained room and board for him. Hope ^his will reach you in time to enable you to get thr desired report concerning him in your paper. With best wishes. Sincerely yours, O. M. Hayward.” The * statement -enclosed for ex pense* was: Treatment, • $20.50; Hoard $10.00. This is $4.50 less, than the first week’s expenses. The initial response to my request for funds to send Mr. Bryant to Chattanooga was prompt and gener ous but there has been a slowing up. l»oth on the part of those who made the pledges and the public generally. I have only gotten in $2.50 from Mt. Olivet Church on pledges and $3.00 contributed by the juries last week since my last report. The amount on hand is far short of what will prob ably be necessary i-nd I appeal to the generosity of all good people to assist.me in keeping Mr. Bryant un der this wonderful treatment until he is pronounced cured. The people of Barnwell and those who visited the town remember the pitiable object of Mr. Bryant moping about the streets, waiting for this fearful scourge to eat the last spark* of life out of .him, and every one could see that it Was rapidiy doing so; tljflt he must have relief and that quickly or it would be too late. A.nd now that there is every prospect of science overcoming this dread malady. Is it too much for me to ask that the good people of this. Coun.ty aid. me in keeping him there until the good work is fully ac <pmj>lished? Don’t wait, for me; or those \yho have so nobly aided me in soHeifingVuy hunt you up ami urge you, but come to xne, or to any of the drug stores in Barnwell, and leave Several years ago, a reporter for a daily paper in this State was covering” an important murder trial in North Carolina. One of his dis patches started off in this manner: “The mills of the gods grind slowly, but compared with the courts in county they move with mercurial swiftness.” The courts of North Carolina, however, have nothing whatever on those of Barnwell County in the matter of speed, or rather the lack of it. During the first weak of the present term way six cases were' disposed of and the progress made so far this week would not seem to indicate that the chariot of justice is traveling “in high.” Cases disposed of are as follows: Charles M. Stieff A Co. vs. R. W. Riley, suit under claim and delivery, consent verdict for the plaintiff for the property in dispute or $100, the value thereof. L. J. Baughman vs. T. H. Kepner A Co., suit for produce value deliver ed, directed verdict for plaintiff for $850. Reliance Fertiliser Co. vs. C. B/ Ellis, Jr., and J. E. Holley, trading aa Ellis A Holley, suit on notes for fertilisers given for Ellis AHolley by C. B Ellis, Jr, verdict for plaintiff against C. B. Ellis. Jr., for MAM At. A. B Met* vs. C. and W C Ry. Co, suit for $5,500 damage* for burning gin huune and saw mill at verdict for plaintiff for 82400 George L. Hill es. Q A. salt for $5,000 damages from an attachment of cotton in Augusta. Ga., verdict for defendant. Paul Bright va. Soothers Railway Cn» suit for killing •f row lilogod to be valued at flM, verdict for the the defendant. Gilmore 8. Hariey vs. American In surance Co., action for $500 due on acroont of non-payment of policy on auto destroyed by fire, verdict for the plaintiff for $300 Marie B Dirks vs Home li Co., suit for $1X6 under a 6m i sutnnre policy alleged to have b ramelied Without authority, etr.. i diet for defendant. president^ 0. H- Morris, vice presi dent; ,T. A. Morris, secretary; J. E. Lain, chaplain; N. -A. Hiers, execu-1 prosecuting any one under the sta- roll. ^ Only one woman was present at J live committeeman. The delegates { tut? raa d e and provided for cars op-j Mr. and Mrs. 0 B. . Staley aeepm- the meeting of the Rosemary DAno- ! county convention are as fol- j era tjng without proper license in panied by Mrs. T. E. Turner spent ■emtio Club Saturday afternoon, at|^ uW8: L. Still, 0. H. Morris. J. ^k^ 0 p es the, owner prouhl pay tax : Sunday afternoon wdth relatives in which time the following officers Lain and J, A. Morris. ^ land secure license without hlejng Govan. were elected: .1. -M. .Weathersbee, j ; ! forced to do so. Miss Maud Hair was tjve w<*ek- rhairman; £. E. Woodward, secretary ; Flko dub Elects Delegates. j This is to notify all persons that “on end jruest of Miss Elizabeth Carroll, and executive committeeman. .Dele-. At the meeting of the Elko’ Demo- the first of May all persons operat-; gates to the, county convention gre. C.J omlic Quh Saturday aftewiwn, ^ JUL. WTLL1A M AKD —^ B Parker andTT. M. >VatHersbee. The following officers were elected: H or any other motor driven vehicles’ ——— following gentlemen were appoointed .1 < rouch. president; F. H. Hitt, vice-| without a 1922 license being display- The friends -of Mr. William Shop- on the enrollment committee: 0. B,- president; P. S. Greene, secretary ed wBM<e arrested under the statute ard. who lived a few miles from Parker. M 8. Hair fud R. S. Uea- | and treasurer^ H. J. Crouch, axecu- j made and pruiided in such cases and Barnwell, wilt learn with regret of j will m thersbee. (,.»• i mmitteeman. Delegates to the ' a misdeaseanor charge prvferre<l a-' hi* death, which occurred suddenly I day, April Mffh. The public is in • • j county convention are as follows: H.j gainst the ofmer of the v car. <' at his home on Thursday of last viled, with hooka and tuarh. 1 J Crourb, T. E. Turner, C W. Muir | ■€. Keys Sanders, ' wbsk. * He i« survived by hi* wife,! m- sad W. H. Manning 'y w ’ Sheriff Barewell County one daughter and REEDY BRANCH ITEMS. Reedy Branch. April 24 —M —rx Juanita and A dr II Still and Psnriino Grubbs spent Saturday night Sunday with Mrs. Jada Still. Mia* Peerline Black spent Saturday night with Mhu Josephine Grubbs. Messrs. Jennings and Dave Owena were in this vicinity Sunday evening. Mis*es Eulalie and Azilie Hiers spent the week-end with Miss Feints Still near HiU^r Mr. Emmett ‘Still spent Saturday night and Sunday with his grand parents. Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Grubbs, Sr. MisHe* Linnie Drew and Lucile Bodiford and Ruby Martin were the guests of Misses Eulalie and Azilie Hiers Sunday aftornoon. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Black spent Sunday with Mr. Johnson Black, Sr. Master Ruby Hiers spent Saturday night and Sumlay with Master Ancil Still. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Black and little daughter, Erliss Black, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Still. Mr. and Mrs. G. Creech and child ren spent Friday night and Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Croft. Miss Iris Grubbs spent, theweek- end with Missj America Croft. Mr. ~Leroy Sandifer was a visitor to Miss Ineeda^Grubbs Sunday even ing. whatever you feel able wen, ami r td'eant ^BLACKVILLE R. F- D. No2 Blackville R. F. D. 2,April 24>- Mr. nd Mrs. Bob Tant of Elko, spent Sunday with their pareints Mr. and Mrs. John Blume. Mrs. J. S. Blume and children visit ed-her-parents the latter part of the- week. Mr. Joe Blume and family and Miss Gladys Blume spent last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Callie Blume near Blackville. Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Blume were rihute, visitors to her parent* Saturday' amt’please do it pi urtxpcfjr - f ritght, 'Mr. arid Mr??. Bass Hutto." SINGING CONVENTION j ( ARD OF THANKS The Edisto Singing Convention r The family of Mr. William Shepard ill meet at Double. Pond Church Sun- vtish to express to their fnends their i Heresies (tab Meet*. Tbo Herculen Democratic Club sincere appreciation of tfc* and sympathies i at his death. Signed, wife.