The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, July 06, 1922, Image 1
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Estsablished In 1877.
‘Juftt Like a Member of the Family”
Largcat County Circulation.
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VOtUME XLV.
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BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY JULY 6TH, 1922.
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BARNWELL COUNTY
AWARDS
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fTY JU
$6,560 ^
URY
VERDICT
W.
L. Harvey Asked $200,0.00 Dam*
ages for/beath of His Wife.
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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
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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.
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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
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tear hr r«, m.nt
an nfhnnwledg
it the fired fm
bwh the
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Summer
pfw. Ami dkw
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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-
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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