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■ ggpamggggMlP**® ' - JMLs«i x. Established in 1877. VOLUME XLVI. Barnwell People 4 Ju*t Like a Member of the Family" Largest County Circulation. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 1ST. 1923 NUMBER 28. COtTBT OF COMMON PLEAS CONVENED HERE MONDAY Trial of Cases, However, Did Not o’ Begin Until Tuesday. The special term of the Court of Common Pleas for Barnwell County convened here Monday morning, but on account of the illness of the Judge, the trial of cases did not begin until Tuesday. Special Judge G. Evans, of Edgefield, is presiding. At the time The People closed its forms the only case disposed of was that of the McCaskey Register Co. vs. M. P. Harley, a consent verdict for $129.23 being found for the plaintiff. The Court of General Sessions ad journed sine die on Wednesday af ternoon of last week. The follow- • mg is a list of the cases disposed of after The People went to press: C. H. Kinard, obtaining goods un der false pretense, not guilty. Richard Bradley, charged with as- sult and battery with intent to kill, was found guilty of that charge aid also of carrying concealed Weapons. Jim Williams was acquitted of the »barge of violating the prohibition law, as was Pete Johnson. A mistrial was ordered in tht «>f (hick It kl. charged with « EVENTS OF PAST WEEK 'f IN BLACKVILLE SQ£JgTY Joseph Kgoer Chapter, D. A. R., Ob serves Washington’s Birthday. rase Blackville, Feb. 24.—An interest ing affair of the past week was the entertainment at the home of Mrs. Hal Still in honor of the Priscilla club. In addition to the club members, Mrs. Todd of Atlanta and Mrs. M H. Minus of St. George were guests. Mrs. Sam G. Lowe was hostess to the Wednesday Afternoon Book club at its last meeting .A pleasant afternoon was spent by the club members. Washington’s Birthday was ob served by the Joseph Koger Chap ter, D. A. R. at the home of Mrs. Cleveland Risher. “George Washing ton’s Courtship and Marriage” was rvad by Mrs. R. B. Still; while Mrs. R. F. Storm- read a paper on “The Battle of Cowpens.” A number of invited guests were present a- tnong them being Mesdame* West, of Darlington, Johnson of Williaton, Dunbar Hammond, Newton Ham- met. If. L. Ruist, 9. Q. Lowe, and T. R. Chisolm. *, Mrs. Todd of Atlanta, was the guest of her slater. Mrs. G. M. TRADE AT HOME. The People this week inaugurates a “Trade at HomeiCara- paign” for the purpose of driving home to the people ^dr Barn well County the necessity of making every possible purchase from their home merchants.. It is not' an appeal for charity but is a straight out business proposition. , Your home merchant pays taxes—town, county and State— that go to the support of your schools, your government, the “fbuiiding of good roads, etc. He is, therefore, entitled to your preference when you have anything to buy. Every dollar spent with the merchants of Augusta or Columbia or sent to the mail order houses of Chicago and New York is gone, never to re turn. It helps make those grdat cities greater, with no chance whatever that you will ever again benefit by it. On the other hand, the dollar spent with your local merchant is kept at home and will ultimately return to you. On the last page of this issue will be found money-saving advertisements from a number of your home merchants, to gether with a specially prepared article entitled “Mail Order vs. Home Purchase.” This should be the most interesting page in the entire paper. From week to week it will contain special bargains, in addition to vital arguments in favor of trading at home, in short, it will be a business directory of the real live business men of this community. It is a personal invitation to you to visit these stores, and the business man whdse advertise ment fails to appear therein, or in some other part of the paper,, tacitly admits that he doesn’t care whether you trade with him or not. We, therefore, urge you to patronage those merchants whose “latch-string hangs on the outside." Read this page carefully every week. It will mean dollars in your pocket. l J.\M. WEEKLEY WAS A MEMBER OF KU KLUX KLAN Ulmer Man Tells of Joining Order in the Days of the 60’a. BOYLKTON IS SELLING HOGS COOPERATIVELY FARMERS IN BARNWELL TAKE OPTIMISTIC VIEW ■aw. 18-CmH Cotton lot- 1 Magroder re Mrs. We*t I uig her It ammo rw Mi !l< Emm Wi f DaHingti lighter. Ml*. Bov Lw>n t oont) Ageat Says 198 Have Been 1 Slea4) Ad«aace ia Price of Cnttaa A couple of weeks ago, The Peo ple invited any member of the original Ku Klux Klan to write a short article_ telling of his ex periences during the stirring days of Reconstruction. The first letter to be received is from Dr. J. M. Weekly, of Ulmer, which is as fol lows: “Dear Editor^- “In your issue of Feb. loth, I be came interested in a short piece headed thus, ‘This would he in teresting.’ Now . in regards to the Ku Klux Klan I will say that I was initiated and became a member of the Klan way back In the Sixtiea when both our county and State were over-run with scalawags ynd carpet-baggera, composing a vassal horde bent on malicious purposes. A camp at that time being in opera tion not far diatant, I decided to 3 YOUNG BARNWELL MEN, INJURED IN AUTO WRECK Machine Turned Turtle a Few Milea from Town Thursday Night. Messrs. H. J. Phillips, Josh Baxley and Allen Brown, of Barnwell, Owen Riley, of Denmark, and a Mr. Winters, a travelling ^salesman, had narrow escapes from serious injury and possible death Thursday night of last week, when a Dodge sedan in which they were en route to a dance at EUcnton turned turtle a short dis tance West of Snelling. The acci dent occurred when Mr. Riley, who was driving, tried to avoid hitting a wagon that was on the wrong side of the roaj and was forced to turn his steering wheel so quickly that the car over-turned. Every glass wa sbroken and the top demolished and how any of the occupants es caped serious injurs- is one of the unexplained’ miracles of modem times. Mr. Baxley, who was the most eriously injured, suffevrd a dis connect myself with the order. Allocated collar bone; Mesar*. Phillips friend of mine,-Capt. W. B. Will- and Riley were badly bruised and at lams, offered to pilot me to the first it was feared that they had re camp for admission. Upon ap proaching the Den. which was in the ceived internal injuriea; Mr. Brown received a severe ent on his hand midst of quite a dense forest, I and Mr. Winters was slightly rut a- found a number of men and homes 1 bout the head. Mr, Baxley waa Sold ia Past Three Brehs. tiriags hmiles to Mae; Face*. Without any further ceremony was presented to the (*amp Cs I taken to Columbia Hun do y to have an t-1 X-ray picture made of hie mjumoa •Uftty H* TV XU*) ha* f< R< hr murm ■fh | Mr purr hosing egvot ■I - Mi »f Si ‘o otsm | f* sot i no ol a I Jr well k litre! *ua Ca am | stepfod oeoi hero (o purvhuoe • .um [ of the famous Rooomary sand fma I Mr. J. M Halford for the wuis-e i umehe of At loot a Mr and Mr* I fVw rstarasd home hy way a illharteetoo srll^g I farmers “Four hundred hoa |«o4rd a tot sold in tl eres-h* from new- i-uar cert more per puuad than wa* being paid at the t «ake. T wo of made ap at Uuahaiti Btarhvtile ”1 export to asotet ia the k and setting of five more rare nr at tea days to two weeks pest to assist in ms king up Us Meyer** Mill. Duahertoo. Bai am mender to 1 be initiated, at the end j and la new berk bn is dstag nicely of which I wa* notified of the pen- | All of the jrot tag me* si re eat alty to be i Inflicted xnwuhf 1 VI (date again any part i *1 my obligati ML The i ^Ke car Is the property af Dr. L. penalty to 1 a laipuood remai iffcB 1 rtvtd' M. Mare, a local dragglet fa! ly ta my mind The Geuad Mogul i who roretvwd am ioto the Order was DC NBA ETON Hlt»H MTKlOC. a graduate of the Citadel. ChatWe WINB EBOM BLACKVILUI ton, S. ( He was a dental dnrhtr .»U V . and ■ >>* Ht*l maw t*ff "* farmers are put Log ia thi vnai i Maay paragu* this year and these field*, together with those planted ta the IWI Past. WtQ make Barnwell quite a g. I factor la Ihm laduetry ta the neat ot I two Or three years. Htrowbrme* is man of steHiag worth; hta * naase 1 loteeaotts^ a* Dr. B. C. Bohovts. I ahall gtvo • » more naase*. as | gwr*s alt have sal^a I me of roan the hue that divides 1 | me from eternity. I will any that j of Bsst ithsH » of 9 to M. il. IhmhaMoa ffesptsst t hur*h • KuT* *oadet, Mi «isos M< r of Mr John Tamer who ' Kline an I IhA# kmm J1 with pns amnsi ia < Any ea I Wilt loftf ft pteasar* that he ta 1 ahu ha VI 1 if' »fl T'D ItFdht V* «t ft fid ft Ml Imp (ft (ft fWftt ftft 4 1 well to 1 I lav 1 *4*1* le 1 | where jri J Mr am 1 Mr# Ce P M ftf Tr ft v ftf * be not if i | * ft# f W'd? A*F mot ••fftd (ft IlyfmMiri money a | and U*#aX i ilift I# Hi ft#*#Mi "#rid (ft (rift* leading l r* Mi riL rft ftfTftft vtil W j know ftt 1 • AJIflit trw*rm ftbr FfteJ ft f MlftH Mftf- 1 <»n these I Ra% i,nviftf rr^Hjrnt ..f It ie a ft • liJMrm % 1 iw M a a r. mi A IKarr^ [ prattwall Martin wi 1 F 1 ft ith rrftfrt ftf (hr tflee. \J 141 ft 1 ft, ft hd» ftTft# Cftft* ned L. a 4 yluml bm Momlfty ( a mnnei I #.*r ^ssw*a^ j ■«*r ayr^H ftl (m lUftftnt i sell shoe Mrm. C. L. Tun »*y. of 4 oitfftihtft. rift* 1 ' Any pei author truck crop that wiN htiug i quite a hit of money this spring There will pr-.i aMt he a *nmU MS- ruase ta acreage planted to cotton year, provided the fanner* can I through the tnotr I * amp, lawlessness I crossed, law and I footing of mm natality t»f uor as rapidly do- srdii restored, a y prevailed swaog Bad ihartaa. Eeh IB.—Tim Hoshst Team of Dwahartaa High fert It wui o< •able iiftag c itioen* The name I Klan waa a mortal Ogr uae | old rXI ,r,, - ^ Bam the law of Ku Ktoi drop4 to •arp*'. ^ogge f * ( amp as far as It extended comp^svd of tHe test nten ueil 44 eighty « I nothing I ashaases! Klux I was ia« mg been a active Ku Kiux fkrhooi played the High team of Bterhvtllo on lost sf to moon The sooes woo Si 9s I# [ in favor of the (hsohortan teuax. A goad reused went fraas her* la ah- i lend the gaase. wheh was ployed 9 t'Btarhvilie Use viotlare were very much dtsoppoSutod at % the evtdanl Inch of i> ter*st that BmrhtriHe •h»wed toward a gwsd fWon apart. Mr T. W IHrtu and Fruf. H H. King, of the local High ichonl. osude a business trip to the (tty t if An- AlteotMHi. B mthrop Itaochtem. in t< n d.. the - vuw)r< a Menaie to i Standariis '* ill meet in the A live program n Antagonism the Ancient Chrisliar The B. \. P. U. w evening at 7 o'clock, will feature this young people's ser vice. The Chun-h with a welcome for all. Come and see. 1 ited her . Altmsrr. To Practice in Columhia. parinU, Mr last week. Mrs. Mamie Vtrlker arxi son. Mr. j I Willie Walker, and ilaughter*. Mis* 1 Mildnd Walker and Mr*. A. (i. .Mur ray, of Beech Island, motored to 1 Barnwell and Blackville Sunday for a short visit to relatives and friends, j Mrs. Willie Woodward and daugh- f ter*, of Barnwell, were the guests j of Mrs. Malcolm Dyches la-t Mon day. [ion to the huti her m attempting to wi >n m North Candi reighmg 4u t<* mi pound 1 i who has nit e. thrifty, f and Mr* Willie good grade hrvg* of the abov should list tl.em with me.” I i.iughler* in Kamwr arternoui. ami er hospitality of Mr i the BaptLi Irmm >ator »y the graci Jones ? W< and am tada> t the xaaac gu*ta last F r i«> e. My m« t *•' facilities A spleadal Cftft h? my ! era <iea ahoat 1 1 the —ivhe at the il ftftH oi a the tenth day 11 hen h. and i i;%trI iJt, when 1 took final (gave ! mg senaon * hi c Jeff then I participated ia \ of war held ta the intrrrsl- Mim Anna L. Woodward spent the •uthimg at AbhrrtHr | week end with her mother In Dori- DENMAKK NEWS. Ex-Attomey General Peeples, who bai, been in Barnwell for several months, returned to Columbia on Tuesday, and will practice his pro- •fession there. It is understood that Gen. Peeples has recently con cluded a^contract with Northern in terests requiring his presence at the State Capital, which accounts for his change of location. Thi^ is General Peeple’s home county and he has a large number of friends hereabout who will regret that busi ness necessities have called upon IhMimark. Feb. 24.—Tuesday af- | ternoon Mrs. R. If. Willig was host ess to the Rook club. Thursday evening the young j folks of the B. Y. P. U. were de- j lightfully entertained by Mrs. Rob- Mr. C. T. Quinn, of No. Joraov.l *" • social hour, refreshments were serv ed. - • - is a business visitor in Blackville this week. Twins arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howell Delk, of the Hilda 1 section, recently. Mrs. Delk is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Grubbs, of Blackville, who are very proud of this addition to the number of their grandchildren. Hammond Gives Barbecue. WFlIiston, Feb v '.r 24.—James H. him to leave us, and evetyuiie here- Hammond of Columhia was "the about sincerely wishes him great host ^o at least 100 of his friends at Miss Doris Go dsby, Frank Wy man, Judson Mayfield and David Hutto were among the visitors here for Washington’s' birthday. Miss Clara Wyman was_ hostess to a few young couples Friday eve ning with a rook party. Stanwix Mayfield of Charleston motored home for the week-end. Possibly Monte Vk mthrop Dough- tors do not know that Winthmp rank* as an A-l college and it one of the "big foyr" teachers' colleges. It is possible that any Winthrop Daughter has forgotten that Win throp stands for service. It is to better serve that we have handed together, and we mean to get joy out of life in the serving. At this meeting we enjoyed a let ter from Miss Mary Gary Pope of the Winthrop faculty and another from the students. There will be a Winthrop dinner at the Jefferson Hotel in Columbia April 13th. All interested in h will communicate with Miss Minnie Macfeat. The next meeting of the Barnwell Chapter will be in Blackille on the fourth Saturday in March. Come. "A Winthrop Daughter.” prosperity and a wide measure of happiness in all of his activities “on the banks of the Congaree." Deputy Collector Coming. ' The People has been advised that Mr. T. N. Parks, Jr., a deputy col lector of internal revenue, will be at the Clerk of Court's office in his Urge farm near Williston Thurs day. Barbecued meat was served and appropriate addresses were made by the host and Thomas H. Peeples. Charles Carroll Simms and Bellinger Maher of Barnwell. Capt. W. D. Black of Williston, Hal. D. Still and Walker of Blackville and others. While the question of good roads came under considera- Barnwell today , and tomorrow, | •bl* discussion, Mr. Peeples, for- March 1st and 2nd. for the purpose {tnerly attorney general of South of assisting tax payers in filling 1 Carolina, said the meeting was not their mdivxtuit income tax returns. | * TFQod road gathering as much I* He waa in Blackville Tuesday and, * food, fellowship gathering. Mr. Williatoa yesterday. Mr. Parka [ Hamaaond was aaafcted by Martoa will he glad le reader any assistance j Wise. Alex WiImurtx and other*, the poooifcle i maat being prepared aadrr Mr Wei- ; marts** tape nrlami. Moat of the i • t talk* lank a pptrotse veia appro- * pr * r U i#-r t rthda,. a? < 1 * ner Mml T > * wae carried • hmfU Pr«day I a# the Ceeetry PICTURES OF 3,500 YEARS AGO. Reproductions of Photographs Taken in the Tomb of King Tut-Ankh-Amen, in This Issue. Have you ever tried to picture for yourself the civilization that existed before the time of David, second king of Israel? Have you tried to imagine the kind of clothes people wore 3,500 years ago, the kind of furniture they used? Over in Egypt, in the valley of the Nile, there was recently opened the tomb of Pharoh Tut-Ankh-Amen. the ruler of Egypt 3,500 years ago, and inside this tomb there was found vast quantities of things that picture the civilization of the ancient world. ^ l .** ..* r * r * f®r The People to present labour read- week a series of picture* made from photographs taken inside this tomb, showing the many intereating objects which it con (pined. In these picture* you will see much of the story of that ancient civilisation which passed assay more thaa a thousand years before the birth of <Tirist. a rivil.ia'.ioc •.'»at wnte-date* the pyramid* by several hundred years In these p ict arse w II fmd much that m a# iris ass m* * * rest, and ysu will i^id In pane own meanest m the enbjset by miking absnt them with year fnewd* and ns^hbsri Cel.- Bert Court House. Should there hr an-! ington. other Veteran living who was pre- Miss Bell Anderson spent the sent on thst Memorial occasion I j «r*«k-end at Barnwell, and at Una should l>e pleased to hear fnim him.! erritmg is Lack at her post of duty I as post mistress of Dunbarton. “Very truly, “J. M. Weekley. M D * Ulmer. S. C'„ Feb. 22, 1923. (Note.—The editor of The Peo ple is very glad indeed to publish the shove interesting letter from Dr. Weekley and sincerely hopes that others will follow the example set by him and let the people of this generation know something of the experiences through which their an cestors passed. The ranks of those who fought for the Lost Cause and of others who, too young to enlist during the war, did valiant service in brBiging order out of chaos dur ing Reconstruction Days are fast thinning ana in a few years more the last of them will have crossed over the river to join the brave comrades gone before. Let us ^ re cord these experiences before it is too late.) - Pythian District Convention. The Dunbarton Baptist Sunday School elected the following as of ficers in the School for thia year: G. J. Anderson, Supt.; P. J. Hiera, Assistant Supt.; T. W. Dicks, Secy, and Treas.; Miss Ruth Rogers, pianist, and Mrs. J. M. Killings- worth. assistant pianist. The weekly Wednesday night prayer meetings are growing in in terest and attendance. Mr. Gordon, the pastor, is conducting a course bf studies on the Gospel according to St. John, from an Evangelistic view-poiht. Dr. Gordon, who has recently been called to the Dunbarton field as pastor, has moved with hig^family from Columbia to Dunbarton and is living in the Baptist parsonage. On their arrival they were shower ed with a generous pounding in^ood old fashion style from members and friends of the church. Mr. Gordon Is^feiting his congregation in line for aggressive work, and the out look ia promising for a good year. A Week of Prayer will be con ducted in the Dunbarton Baptist The District Convention for the Third Pythian District will be held with Graniteville Lodge, Granite- ville, Wednesday, March 14th, at 11:00 A. M. All of the l^odges in Church undef the supervision of the the District have been urged by Women’s Missionary Society. Thia Ernest L. Allen District Deputy is sn annual event and interesting Grand Chancellor to send large de-! program* wHI feature each day of legations, and a most interesting and k prayer semcea. This series of sar- entertamutg program has been-plan- j vices ned. Practically all of the Grand and Ludg* Officers will he praaent at 1 Joyce the Coaveatiue, aad the Graaitr**11* Knights are making plea* to ea-1 mmm teclair a Urge aamhee af Ariagntea. A gram amaAee af P)ihieas *beaM I >r.