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* Estsablished In 1877. ‘Juftt Like a Member of the Family” Largcat County Circulation. ■ - f VOtUME XLV. L-2 BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY JULY 6TH, 1922. JL NUMBER < t BARNWELL COUNTY AWARDS ' fTY JU $6,560 ^ URY VERDICT W. L. Harvey Asked $200,0.00 Dam* ages for/beath of His Wife. * After deliberating all night, the jury in the case of W. JL. Harvey vs. Southern Railway Company, brought in a verdict at 7:30 o’clock Saturday morning for the plaintiff in the sum of $6,500. This was a suit for $200,- 000 for the death of Mrs. Daisy Har vey, wife of the plaintiff, at,a cross ing in the lower part of Barnwell County, on June 7, 1921. The plaintiff contended tha t the buggy in which • Mrs. flarvey was riding was on the crossing at the time the train approached and in turning the buggy from the crossing to prevent a collision with the train, Mrs. Harvey fell out of the vehicle, her leg being caught in the front wheel, the mule running away and she receiving injuries which resulted in her death a week later at a Colombia hospital. The defendant contended that the mole and buggy were in the road as the train passed, at least seventy- f.v*- fert from the crossing, and that a signal statute did not apply. Mr Harvey was represented by J. I. Patterson and J. A. Kennedy and the Southern Railway Company by HaHey * Blatt Three days were consumed in the trial of the case, which was one of the most hotly contested suits that has been tried here la a number nf yoarw This was the seeong trial. In the first lb* jury being unable to TUI* *| MMU MIRRA A \rm etH « %THiMi. RRk sled far t » M«mme« r • • '• novel rr maths a new eov> s In South Carolina It school inaugurated (a tag teaming la native white ytr*» id women who te their yooffc had no lance. It behold* the Stale He- irtmeot of Kdnmlwsa ooentag Ian THE ENROLLMENT BOOKS FOR THE AUGUST PRIMARY CLOSE THE LAST TUESDAY IN JULY. IT IS YOUR DUTY AS WELL AS YOUR PRIVILEGE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ELECTIONS THEN TO BE HELD. HERETOFORE, * - • • THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN WITH THE MEN ^ . • • . • , -NOW IT IS EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN THE MEN AND WOMEN. 1 RESPECTFULLY URGE EACH AND EVERY WOMAN IN BARNWELL COUNTY ABOVE THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS TO ENROLL and VOTE ON ELECTION DAY. IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT IF YOU VOTE YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO SERVE ON THE IURY AND PAY POLL TAX. THIS IS AN ERROR. VOTING CASTS NO ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY UPON YOU AS THE 1921 SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE PASSED AN ACT EXEMPT ING FEMALE VOTERS FROM IURY DUTY. i ' ‘ . EDGAR A. BROWN, County Chairman. TMK PARDON RKrOROS or mirmkr Mivr«sot.s TALES OF OLD BARNWELL. Uouive Ayer Vandiver In ‘ftw State BARNWELL BANK OPKNS HR VM M AT DUNBARTON lege flRMPfl ft mm tenon! bnase. mi * ManSam cabsn Tbei fj iflewn thousand, the* 1 H#r f 1 rflertt thnusa*v> fuCem r mi ft fi> J atridrr* ef dealt thuwaam! voter* 1 heve fargwtten we ill vtllag* j number dp tint m«*th ifltv z gpvf’f MM « •fIB 4 may remedy, tear hr r«, m.nt an nfhnnwledg it the fired fm bwh the rbueli Summer pfw. Ami dkw V\ w urn* u 'P i*t vumaser schools for illiterate ? Is it not fitting that th«- Methodist Conference and the aa many as Rlenae Te the Kdiiwr of The State: Bume of as have gotten into aa nr foment aa to t of Gevomee reaper, aome oerdnnod nea Aa m might be of peculiar u aeme of year renders te h akem«>rt r, f rrvKrd ac t« ace pa«t htatary I would appro* gtvmg aa the pardoning r both governors and neh alar •yuote thr pr>>ner authontie* Mea Petltlao Oireetars for Ian [automobile COLLISION HERE SUNDAY MORNING Cars of W. E. McNab and Nick Coe* lin Collide Near Thin Office. • Another automobile accident oc curred in Barnwell Sunday morning, whep the cars of Messrs. W. E. Mc Nab and Nick Coclin collided at the corner of The People office. Mr. Cool in’s car was going West and Mr. „ McNab was cominjf up Jefferson Street. At the intersection of the . two streets, the cars ran together wih sufficient force to demolish one front wheel and badly damaged a fender on Mr. McNab’s car, which struck the Coclin automobile admid- ships on the left-hand side, bending i,the fenders and body. Fortunafaly none of the occupants of either machine was injured. they were capable of giving their services. One son and three daugh ters, Miss Euphemia, Miss Sophie and Miss Martha, with their parent*, constituted the faculty. Fate brought them to Bamwsll, where they main tained for many years the academy beside the spring, and being of Urn genus of teachers bom and not made, they left a lasting impression on tha interlectual life of the community. Another tsacbe r of that school was H Melvin Myers. Just prior to tha Confederate war, taught at Joyce's She wa* •orreeded by Mr. Mr. Tolln once taught a law erhooi ta Barnwell. A few years after the Revolution ary war a young man who bad m bw boyhood served ae a courier for Geo. Marion, with bu girt wife, moved i from Marlborough located at Buford's bridge, so ~ . elg me rr bant farmer there The newcomer I Malone Ayer, who the largeet planters and slave ! ere ef the portion. In In response te a petition from the peered the first mirror ever so business men of Dunbarton, the Home the neighborhood, an object ef Barnwell has opened a drr and runes tty Mr. Ayer Rank' of When the Re volet lean ry war swept ■ ala, discharging 12 gallons of limpid ver the Amertraa colonies, there! water per m>nste, long the chief pnrdenmg recenls 1 were a few families living In that' water supply ef the village. Mr. Rleoee and Governor ! part of South Carolina which later Mar Heath kept a tavern about wherv J branch in that progressive little probably the fire! contending that Cooper bernm Barnwell district Among the town ball now emnds. known in town, wbick will give them first class seed as a fertiliser them who that of Tsrteton Brown, j hie time ae Red Hill, later ae Bam hanking facilities Mr Frank Trow- that where I bridge, who eras assistant postmaster the ground It has been said by some old rest j •* Barnwell for a number of years, made a practice sett le Kii S’, h*» A V r,1 thr late lie part ir.rnt * of Education houtd join hands to lift tht**e wo- ten from the darkness and isolation f ignorance, rhould plan to give cm a month of actual in*tructi»Q i the needed three ‘•KV, a month of dwelling in college atmosphere a- mong cultural ideals? Such a school should be commended by every patriotic South Carolinian anxious to do hia or her part in eradicating illiteracy. The school’s possibilities should be sounded far and wide, that those who need may hear and be sent by interested friends. erret t** I Who. ft ling tdb General Hag U*ls|, re tha he# R»«J We deers nd* ints in that sec Don > ef e< ttr than ftf iy other ma n who ever lived in its jroi jr it Mr Brown wa s an ardent pati not. erd* . f 1 ft ltd many a raid against the hat y< .HI 1 1 Tors pt Fortun ate ly be was als 10 a in order , man ftrl ho liked to write and he rr- « • rurd ptl •ume of ’ tl is memories of hi* Oltf* •«lv« >nti DfOU* III Iw* He gives an in-* ' trm ■ting account of living when hi* fath rr moved inti d mwtJt Carol tins 4e«ir H Tht*» were It person* In the fai mity 1 at the 1 whir h came from Virginia. Thev id fro aa [*ettl vd on Briei r C reek and the son recor ds l tell# that they 1 live d for several w< reks grant ed 1 in a hark tent until a suitable log child born in was Lewis O’Rannon both prior to and after bis service He thruuru away, very rich, a# be of placing in The I the army, will manage the in • • r gU few y •I O’Bannon house, rare ago, and possihl •landing a I rtltution, ra glwith h where laud represented his district ta still. n o >ry and a half frame strortun lower flo> WulH and The People, together ration convention, and served fee a s numerous other fiienos number of year* as legislator and throughout the county, wishes him stale senator. Back ia those days LONG BRANCH ITEMS/ Long Branch, July 3.—Mrs. W. B. Childress and children, Caroline and Albert, of Fountain Inn, are visiting, the former’s daughter, Mrs. J. S. Keel.^ Messrs. O’Neal and Tarleton San ders spent the week-end with rela- *• tives in this community. * Mr. Johnnie Woodward, of Blaek- ville, spent Saturday night with My. Edwin Carroll. Miss Pearl Birt visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Hair Sunday. Messrs. Innman Scolt and Edwin Carroll and Miss Elizabeth Carroll were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Williams Sunday. " Miss Gladys Halford accompanied Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Staley to services "^here Sunday aftemooi^ Mrs. Virgie Birt spent Saturday night with Mrs. Willie Hair- ? Messrs. W. C. and Micagy Birt AAmre Sunday visitors in this section. Sflllr. and Mrs. S. B. Carroll spent ^roinday with Mrs. Fairy Garrison. Miss Conaae Tumor spent dm week-end with Mr. gutf Mrs. L- P Williams. M»«wr* W L Cave aad E B. Mrcrvtsry of state’* office ai other reliable source*. The •how that Governor Blease , * 7WI P«oJsa and commute-( rl|bin t . ouM of the roomf on the lower fUrir every succeaa. He has rented a hou. e representatives asade the trip ta was held the first district court, Jud^ I Dunbartup and will move his wife , either Columbia or Washington on Ray presiding. Court was held in * n d little son, Roland, there at onev. horseback, followed by a servant on Barnwell as early as 1784. The first: Before her marriage Mrs. Trowbridge ihiother horse, carrying net rasa ry court house wa# a large two story i w a* Miss Nellie Ray. of Healing luggage, or by coach, either public wotiden building witlf court room, j ^l* r * n lt*- ■* , or private. The journey from Barn- wall to Columbia required three days. lions of sentence# during hi# four | years as governor against 303 par dons, paroles, commutations of sen tences and restorations of citizenship by Governor Cooper during the three years anj four months he was gover nor. These f.gures may contain a few duplications, hut they are very nearly accurate, coming within a few cases of being absolutely accurate. In the 1,708 granted by Governor Blease are not included - a large num ber of pardon's granted to same per sons he had already fooled under his ‘'blanket pardon” granted a short time before he went out of office. In this ^‘blanket pardon” Governor Blease restored all the persons he had paroled during good behavior to citizenship. Governor Cooper’s record was 203 paroles during good behavior, 12 par dons, 63 restorations of citizenship and 25 commutations of sentences. • , * Governor' Manning granted 217 pardons, T>*rples, restorations of cit izenship and commutations of sen tences during his four years, ctyvided as follows: 157 parses during good behavior, seven pardons, 20 commu tations of sentences and 24 restora tions of citizenship. Messrs. Edgar A. Brown, G. W- Manville, P. W. Price, A. A. Lemon and J- J. Vickery attended the funeral of Mr. Robert Zeigter at Denmark Sunday afternoon. The service* were conducted by the Orange burg Commandery, Knight* Templar. Mr. Zeigler was also a Shriner He had a number of friend* in Barnwell who will team of bis death with •mrerr sympathy Then ground j wa* cleared and a crop planted. The new settlers found the land very fertile and productive. He tells of the numerous wild beasts which prowled about their primitive dwell ing and how they carried away poultry and farm stock. Deer and turkey were abundant in • the for ests. I^arge herds , of cattle freely roamed the woods, foraging for them selves, thus relieving their owners of much of their care. There -used to stand on the left side clerks and sheriffs office* on the first floor, and the grand and petit jury rooms in the second , story. In 1845 that building was replaced by a brick structure which stood until it was burned hy She man in 1865. Onesimus Duncan Allen was Barn well’s first clerk of wrurt, holding the position more than 50 years. He was a man of striking and unique person ality and many stories used to he told of hi* amusing or interesting pecu liarities. Mr. Allen was a lover and ow-ner of fine horses, and he won and lost large sums of money on the race track. When he entered his racers he did not hesitate to ask God’s blessing of the main road running from enterprise< 0n 0Tle occasion as he uttered his petition aloud, it J D. wer ris Ford on Saltkehatchie into the vil-1 lage of Barnwell a great pine tree, taller than its fellows,- 5 at whose base a gallant soldier was sleeping. He was Captain Mumford, killed by a band of Tories led by Ben John, one of the most notorious In the locality. Another well known Tory of thd neighborhood w’as Ned Williams. Still another was Colonel Chaney. Moses Kirkland; also Hved thereabouts. But loyal patroits far outnumbered Brit ain’s friends among the early dwell ers in old Barnwell. W’hen first severed from Orange burg, in 1785, the disirftt was called Winton. By an act of the legislature passed December 21, 1789. it was re- christened in honor of a prominent South Carolina family^ The name Barnwell doe# not appear anywhere else op the map of the world. In England there is a mined castle built by William the Conqueror, known as Barnwell, hot that appears on do map. First Settler • Scut. Probably the first while per uved mm the site ef the men s Reel earned hM» we* eeer *• WDiu On# was overheard and repeated, to the great amusement oi ms friends. He had just sent his horses to Augusta under the care of his efficient^ and faithful hostjer, Caesar, but as he could not go with them himself, he felt disturbed as to their safety, so he returned to his bedroom an^ falling on knees, in loud and earnest tones besought the Lord to take care of the horses and Caesar, to gbt them safely to Augusta and to allow h’fi couser to win in the coming races, Then he concluded hia prayer by say ing, “And now Lord, it does seem to me that you might grant this prayer of you unworthy but honest and sincere servant, because I am not always pestering you with petitions like Hansford Duncan and Barney Brown,” hi* two brothers-in-laws, one a preacher and the other a dea con. in the Baptist church. picturesque s* hi* father. He won his title in the Florida war. At that time his company used rifles which became noted for their accuracy. They were made in Barnwell, by a man named Plunket. Captain Allen - became a man of wealth for his time and’ locality. Though sleeping in an unmarked grave, he left more That to Washington consumed weeks instead of days. There is a lonely grave near Balia* bury, N. C., its occupant far from hia kindred dust. It is that of the Hon. James Overstreet, a South Carolina congressman from Barnwell, who be coming ill in Washington, started on the long, tedious trip home, but stop- memory green his parents he placed a large marble figure of a dancing girl. Close -be side their graves he buried a pet dog of Tm Park Besides preaching. Hansford Dun caa wa* the first sheriff aad tax eql- lartar sf tbs dirtrinr Bars*] prsseat*^ ts the nilagv the pretty little park ta 4a cesser Cqpt. Jsasph B A Mas. baa sf drab sf tsar* was a than one monument which keeps his , , . . . . . . _ , ped exhausted at that place, where Over the grave* of . • j iaao fro died and was buned, May, 1882. First Railway Junction. The little station of Branchville in and put a slab over it. He placed a Barnwell county, “the world forget- neat tombstone over the grave of his ting, by the world forgot,’’ was the old nurse with his own hands and first railway junctionJirf the world, erected tHe unique sun dial which The charter for the South Caro- marks the flight of time on the vill- ij na Raihvay company was granted age green in the ancient town of: December 19, 1827, and about two Barnwell. It has been whispered years later the road was cfpened for that the progressive citizens, new to travel from Charleston as far as the ways and traditiops of the old Branchville. Soon it was' corn- town have from time to time at-' p] e ted to Hamburg and a branch tempted to remove the queer old land-; was run from Branchville to Colum- mark, but to the present there have biai Then and there waa^heard for been people enough of the old blood thg first time in the history of th« to fight fo r its maintenance. May world the cry, “Change cars.” ^hey live forever and their tribe in.-! Elko, another Barnwell county crease! One of the pleasi trie character was to place about tha cars, pulled *by “Best Friend” and town on great days, barrels of'“S ou th Carolina,” marvelous;‘ little whiskey with heads knocked off. and steam engines, traveling at the un supplied with dipper and gourd, for** prece dented speed of 16 mile# an the refreshment of the crowd. Ample hour, did >101 dare risk the dangers justice was' always done to his 0 f the night, and it being impossible,, hospitality. to complete thr long trip between First Teacher a Swede. | Augusta and Charleston by day light, when the shade# of evening began to The first school in Barnwell was fal , th , drew ^to Elko, where built near the White Oak spring. A Swede named Hullonquist. who in his youth sought a career in the new world, was its tear her On hi* vov- a lag frem the heerwea af the im her ewamtry. Upen I*w, wars J tpwn, was the first “fay-over” rail- of this eccen- ’ way place. The wonderful steam H remained until morning <1 The village of Barnwell waa tea miles from the Use. te hr transported by hack frem sagebr •*** •• rndreaA 11 art east IBVB