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E7~niB OFFICIAL NKWSPAPK1 Of BARNWELL COUNTY. 4 THIS SPACE FOR SALE. Apply at THE PEOPLE OFFICE. s i The Barnwell People Establishad in 1877. Like a Member of Ihfe Family** Larfeat County Circulatio* Make your do I lira harV niora conta We pay S a • in Saviaca Departaieat. | HOME BANK OF BARNWELL. VOLUME XLVI. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 28TH, 1923 NUMBER 43. WltL HOLD SHORT COURSE AT BARNWELL JUNE 29-30 Elaborate Program Has Been Pre- 7TH DISTRICT MASONS TO MEET IN ALLENDALE pared by Miss Elma Cave. 4 ^ The annual short course of the GiflsV Home Demonstration Clubs in Barnwell County will lae held at Barnwell on June 29th and 30th. An elaborate program has been ar ranged by Miss Elma Cave, County Home Demonstration Agent, and Many Notables to Attend Meeting There on July 4th. Allendale, June 26.—The local lodge of Masons, together with the district officials will be host to the Masons of the Seventh Masonic Dis trict of South Carolina, on July 4th, with probably the greatest day that Masons have ever enjoyed in this every club member in the county is town. Many Masonic notables will urged to attend. The following an nouncement has been made by. Miss Cave: A “The Girls’ Home Demonstration Club members of all the clubs in the county will hold their annual county short course in Barnwell on June 29-30. Letters have been sent out but it is quite impossible for your agent to send one to those of you who are not enrolled members. So, if you have not received a letter, we are expecting you anyway. Don't fail to be here Saturday, June 30th. This is the day that we have plan ned especially for your mothers. We are asking that they come and bring inner so that we may have a picnic inner together. Are you going to jt at home vhile your nir PM out and take* advantage of this inoUwttve day * If you do. you are falling behind in the tine of peugi*m that we hove *et for you. Came* You mot afford to ml** be in attendance, the following hav ing already accepted invitation to be present and make short suitable addresses: Grand Master J. Camp bell Bissell of Charleston, Grand Secretary 0. Frank Hart, Past Master Fritz von Kolnitz, of Charles ton, Deputy Grand Master A. A. Lemon of Barnwell, and others. The Grand Secretary for the State Georgia has been extended an BARNWELL TO KENTUCKY. By the Editor. A newspaper man, like the prophet of old, “ is not without honor satfe in hts own country.’V We realized this quite,-forcibly last week when the members of the Fourth Estate were warmly welcomed and honored by the people of Spartanburg and the officials of the C. C. & 0. Railroad, more familiarly known as the “Clinchfield.” In fact, they seemed to take a keen delight in honoring those who toil so unselfishly and'un- tiringly for the betterment and ad vancement of the Palmetto State. The newspaper people and their re latives responded in kind and the annual meeting of the South Caro lina Press Association was a success of j from the word "go.” Many of the in- : old timers declared it to be the best WILL EXAMINE OPERATORS OF MOTOR CARS I>0R HIRE Examination Will Be Held at Barn well rflday, July 6th. 0 vitation to be present but it could meeting ever held and in the past not be learned whether it Vrould be they had enjoyed trips to the Cali- possible for him to attend. i fornia coast, to Canada. New Yorl: While thy day will be largely set and elsewhere Certainly it was the aside for the entertainment of the 1 most pleasant occasion that thia MasooP of the Seventh District, the scribe has been privileged to attend during the time that he ha* been a member of the Association Spartan- rightly named “The City of tat*. thing •take -Pi You east - there la i po**ib4y mly your ■**r got aoy i at oou. n your gtrl or hup m a rtuA UMahoe and you arv planning nos In let iWm eoua*. rhnago your mtnd nod annd Uhaus along YdU owo g tn thoos ond M moon* moeo In ih*aa fho* you tiuuh. The tadw* of the tow* hu*o hmAy roonouUnl to •oleetoSO you* rhlldPoo in those houae* Uorsng ffce*r *cgy tuny 4B tan egueemna utB he held ui the \ «gap Theatre Come end here a good ume wsih o* ThoeoH he unrh gad those31 he piny -A haul tn the u toe m gufArtont * Y ou ruuY of * The peugrem The poageem w a* tuBeme frtday. Joan 9th • in lu - RegMruthMt |U to |U Jh-CtooaftMm« Rnenr**o* tar w. if 1 --- IhS* In IIJB- Vehomo in Burn, unit. Mr A J ReuMeft. Muyor, II In It Jh—Mr M D ('uBhoma day will be one of general interest to everyone who attend*. Ar rangement* are being made to pro vide fee not only the Mnsona but for everyone who i* in attendance that day. It in prahablo that a hoi! gome wtU he played her* la the afternoon •f that day by the Adeadale loam and some ether item *f the* Motion of the State Music will he etdaf theoughout the doy hi AMaudaie hanA suugfotuentod wtch ■■uootun* from ah oner Iht* anrllan of the htato A yueodr wtU he held sometime dneing the day of uA the ■fanon* uoaoeut whorh ahaadd he lu* •oSeesoemg and uaurosoeso The yAaan are end yea euamha* •ad pm* ohsdfc ef the sgeahee* of tbo dor o«d aanhe gohdai adhnmooe •a ana yet haueru. hat at Inasa two Ih. isirg SocrsM ** The editor and Mr* Uuvlaa left Barnwell Tuesday morning, omkiog the tryp to the Piedmont soctinn of the Stale by way ef Columbin. Syurtoikhotg on* reached about 4 Ml • clack to the afternoon, ood eft the dirt and grime ef a dusty rtdr had keen reuaosed. ue, lu rum I pang Orth two at tor esertaeo. wore { gsooa a dettgtMfel sale aoee the rtly •flee trmo bers of the. party knefr nothing of it until the special was well on its way. The change, however, was most welcome, as it arforded an op portunity to view the beautiful mountain scenery in that part of North Carolina, and the only incon^ i venience suffered was a delay of two or three hours for dinner. The schedule called for a picnic dinner at Erwin, Tenn., with the Kiwanis Club as host. WThen it was found that it would be imoossible to reach that thriving little city in time, Mr. Phetteplace wired ahead for a, special train and a committe and a part of the delightful picnic “feed" | were loaded on a baggage ear and J met the press special at Avery, N. C. t and the wants of “the innrtr j man" cared for. The party reached Erwin a few hours later and were met by a num ber of citiaens in automobiles and a short nde was enjoyed. Siuvenir* tn the shape of plate* made at an Erwin pottery were given each per son. A short time wns also spent on the return trip la this hustling little rity that nestles m the vallev ^ A - * j | of the LnalU range Leaving Erwin. * gowk run was i etude (• Kings poet. Tenn , whore I . . . _ I automobiles woro ngum tn wattum to j *urry the members of the party la I the Kings poet Ian, where a usoet do- j lightful rsroptian mm4 haaguet wo* ! lend* red by lK» Inamm n of Announcement is made that an ex- & „ . i amination of operators and drivers of motor vehicles for hife, operating in Barnwell- County, will be held at the Court House in Barnwell about 12 o’clock M., Friday, July 6th. This information is contained in a letter from Mr. J. P. Darby, secretary of the S. C. Railroad Commission, to the Chief of Police of this city and the Sheriff of Barnwell County, as follows: “Commissioners Wade and Coney will arrive at Barnwell, S. C., bit Fri day, July 6th, 1923, to hold examina tion of operators and drivers of motor Vehicles for hire, operating in Barnwell County. They will hold FORMER BLACKVILLE MAN r RECOVERS BODY OF BOY Dr. Ronald C. Gyles Unable, How ever, to Revive Young Man. The People is in receipt of a copy of The Daily Southerner, of Tar- boro, N. C., under date of June 9th, in which there appears an account of the recovery of the body of a drown ed youth by Dh Ronald C. Glyes, formerly of Blackville but now county health officer of Edgecomb County, N. C. The news item in part is aa follows: Dr. Gyles states that when he first drove up to the pond he heard voices, but not at the time knowing what the trouble was, paid little at tention to them. He soon recognized a cry of alarm that there was a young man in tbs pond and that he w-u drowning. these examinations at the Court] Hurrying to the pond one of the Houae at about twelve o’clock noon | r» v * *•»» the location “Will you please notify all driver* ot y°«nf "»•»». P»ol B*r- and operators of public automobiles. cer - w * nt d'*wn either transfer, taxi, freight * truck. * Yhe doctor at once went into the etc.—ia other words, all motor ve- ' swam around for a short rides of this character that operate * ,m * try tag to locate the boy. and for hire—to mewt the Commission at ** tdd where the boy wae the time and piece above named*'* | ^ himself la the ' — ■ water about seven feet and there hmg Dante. fo «**d the body end lifted M Into a boat asarhy and karri 14 to the pa **• MM ' as tog Th%4 m ae *g to kneed by am k Asgvo» Wtll ho omMgaee of the and so«ae offknglo of kr» Ummm 9mm of mm he peossimi (be t the 4a* fee. UOsos pseMO spooeoe* V*e% m the th gisoo walk ike 1 .»eed Mosse* Ike Oaad La « n v # | | g 4Pk«e 4t I <B» MljHUi Wmm gNNMHBfBt VI l» k tW fKMi f II WifMBilktdwih t# |0| f' mPMMMl fhMetrt. that all Mm ta the dMekrt oreag a fun del to thts atoettng. la oe4ee tko< nrimet might he ohfnland e * e«eh |g this dmtawt asdl tk meaaheeshtp might he hesmfh the need* of Mm Grant Mo* eke e -i! •oee* hf III asd Mis »oe4. the feoeog • pnitoea Ht (he film •**4 Mhate • well ksnws •etoMohaoaot ml Smaatee eeeoeog tke first eooeOao ml Ike mg • at* keM m the Shevoe aeon* *1 Ike *• *'« **4 * •• ksw* *€M< Tkness *>gh4 - m hesog __ anted to —Bemtotseoswos * kp K. d H Dstoea# «f GafVimy. W M «a« taeau af JKewkaetf •KM Anil, of! I Newkor*f and Aogwet Roho. of Cn | **tmsos Og tke >m*4 oo* adl an| • that uooeoe e«tr Q«s»s -o * mod* a * seeoral of the e** 1 ** kr Mr Fred C, Aahaeam, “the af Kmmaeset.* who walk ■foia hwapatoltty. wegwd tl rot m ttt ■ tte return .-ju moy, Va, earty la the evoolog Here the txaia was amt by a brats hand aad later a dance os* enjoyed, the orchestra he v log been imported from Went Virginia for th* erven- Ahngl tweive oVIoch the ef Urn pnet* nought them Mm ^glama *ar* and ew fsilowmg morntag la J Oa loading out of the car el he la MM Cm» aMaCSso •arty he ear ’stag all aight * The m- wae see spaed, nod aftpr eo wkfosi Fndey merwaag. ee Is tour ml tksm it Jryad Msoy •mated tardad p df ||^ Meyee J erg oas I < MM mego ged Mg a* ft* I too* 00 0 dhd MMBmM^Am aM Mi^Mf flMM00*Mg m re e Meehhhahl * aaiul ke emwdotoe e*d stawmo a f etpertearws laddahy tfemso I tke pen lee aseeo peeper og. the typvwnte* i Beha. ef Cm Mimphil. ef he poegram. I | resow* The j i ^ • MMMrtftA iMM* f • Yrnmk h- r g ■hd - W Eim -Brwd Meed. Masses t, Holew C olheho. -Bern .ostietioo. Mrs. InOOisg a WW* •os* d m tke hegrwsoa ef eddies* of oelsoam He»*«e L. Beane*. * Apeftenbuig ( ham aw, end thr ia* poo or m yVero (We Welker Wiathrwp CefVge * h to d—Sroiog. Mtaeos Ceihoaa and Vara. 4 to 7—Songs ami Yelks, Louise illta. 4:30 Houston. Tex. • June . 2K—Tto first hole •f tKr IK! t (MNI* MHi W0B 0i old at •urtiBN) ihiB mom - mg on tke IKMMT of thr Hcmstofi cot* - Entertainment. Saturday June M. 9:30—Devotional Exercises, L. Glen nan. ton S1A7S by “PS Hr. I ism of thr University of South t'amlrne Thr president and secre tary made their annual reports, com mittees were appointed, the stand ing committees reported and a og*. It wao purchase*! for ] representative of American Asaocia- 9 to Rev. F. 9:30 to 10:30—Remarks. Senator Kennedy, Rep. Brown, Rep. Wis- J singer. 10:30 to .11:30- -e reparation of F.gg«. Miss Sale. 11 ^10 to 12:30—Demonstration, Mrs. Dora Dee Walker.’ 12:30 to 2—Lunch, Songs and Yells. 2 to 4—Bead Work and Sewing, M isses Yarn and Calhoun. 4—Dismissal. Andersen, (Tayton and (o. The bale was grown by A. J. Thomas, of Weslace in | Grande Valley end ginned at Wes laco. t»on of Railway Executives made an « Ling the interesting talk. At this meeting the Rio , Myrtle Beach was selected as Death of a Child. Snyder and McCravy in Kline. The annual revival services in the Kline Baptist church will begin on next Monday, July 2nd. The preaching will be done by thefRev. Dr. Joel S. Snyder, pastor of the First Baptist church, of Fayette ville, N. C. The singing will be in charge of Mr. Jas. B. McCravy, of Laurens, S. C., who is so pleasantly remembered on account of his work Special to The People: T i ’ n Barnwell, and at other, churches Brunson, June 25.—The^riends of i ’ n county. The services will be Youmans, of 11:00 A. ard 8:30 P. M. A cordial invitation is extended to everybody. and Mrs. H. T. Ellenton, will regret to learn.of tha r death of their little four year old son, H. T., Jr., on the morning of the 14th inst. The funeral was preached in the Brunson Methodist Church, Rev. Mr. Jones, pastor of The Rev. W’ill O. Gordon, of Dun the Ellenton Church officiating^The-Jiiiftimrwhn was in the city Monday. Dunbarton Baptist Church. place of meeting in 1924. In the Afternoon an automobile ride to various points of interest in and around Spartanburg was enjoy ed, followed by a reception at the Country Club, where the party was' joined by Governor and Mrs. Mc Leod, who reached Spartanburg on an afternoon train. Following a brief business session early that evening, the members of the Chamber of Commerce were hosts at an elegant banquet at the Cleveland Hotel, during the progress of jwhich the guests were entertain ed \by vocal and instrumental solos by local celebrities. Ten-minute talks were also made by Governor McLeod and others. This concluded the entertainment in Spartanburg, bu* was only the prelude to the most enjoyable part of the meeting—the trip over the Carolina, Clinchfield and Chip tRaij- road on .a special Train of*tive Pull en* «■ oso eo »>■•'♦ OS Mktereel oei* g Ike reentry rkkk, of tke ftoe* Aeetk After stem- koeetefoi IkMOos.. s to tke yotp eo4 popor n to tke K mgspeet Free* tke Large*! printing ptool M **• ••rtd At tie paper mdl Ike preeeee of me*wfnrtertng tkol Mk- pertoat rooemeddf non feBewed from tke tame tk* roogk lag eok* rsd tke mil) ootd « rotk* Ogl on pore •k«t» book POper At tk* priotokg ptoet tk* »Miter* wore akomo *eovy pxevsos to tk* msoofanore «f kooks te large gooetAwe Tk»* pleat ke* order* for omoy tkomeadt gf mpirs . # »owkr ok»rk will to re- 00P0MMt9M tmm ■ j Riiekork and Ce omf 3BaS3wt»rik ere omeog tkrtr rostnoirrs. Tke pm- •e%t coparity of tk* plant is 24.000 copies o day but additional machine ry ia being installed te greatly in crease thia output. Kingsport ia unique in many re spects. It wes laid off by a well known town planner, who provided smdwoteod ad Ik* mag Tw t tkey kefMtl fo* wkwk wtl ke kg tknao oko keen vSaM Meon* of Mertk Cemima. V irgtata aad KaotmOy ka adasMtotoead final rmptralMa far as arty aa kaar. hat wak all tk* aad gtsutk ka wttk others, wee* gaaki* to raeteo Mm fea^ oma Dr Gytos mid that M os* impnoatkis la got tke kaart ai- Uea tal« piey at aB Dr fiilm iktake tkat Mm * yoweg ■see saost hoes kad kaart failure M tk* wet** aad mm dead age token from the 0* Cy!eo waa told kg some af mend adf tk* oaoa after Ik** Id kta afto* ■kwrtly a ray and eat la tk* •tore hetof spogskoe s < isaeuor M« Lend and rw Bogo ef Joiaaaa CMp oaf BBggkotk tee* TW tea*seta tkeo knordad tk* Mala Ik* tk* ka*t taae. Mm Migl ReUes W*ag 4p*rtoe>o*g wktrk woe marked ekout 4 01 Beturdag afteeaoaa. BT • kam said ooth*gp tw fa* aketM tk* aagaMWwot a*wa*ry tkrwstga wktrk wo panned aa Ikt* gtartoas trip koraa** wo coaid aag da M /w*t*re * v* a if w* kad at oar com- asaad ell ef tk* edjrvttvw* aad syarMfttM M tk* KngUek language ir Ke far as TW E V Hal to "Mtrww tk* office Weeks to mrceod Mr W Y* Ayrock, arte msigwad a skert tins* ago. Mr. H * k'-aa 4 news Mr mo a ike first raadtdate kta kat ia tke nag* fse f t osamiseteaor ef requested The People to publish the man cars, one day coach, a diner and following announcement: . the private car of Mr. L. H. Phette- “Services Sunday morrtlng at place, general manager of that ex- 11:30 o'clock. client railroad^ Thi* gentleman “All who took a silver dollar to and Mr. G. A. Reese, president of the »f engineering end has mastered tke well nigh insurmountable Harriers of tke Blue Ridge and Ailegkaney Mountains For mil* after mil* if fol lows tke banks of a river with tower ing mountain range- *n either side— great cliffs of solid rock twelve hundred feet high—and through these gorges the magnificence of the , view is said to be unsurpassed any- for fifty years’ growth. Although wh< . re in the Uniud Sute§i not even only eight years old, .t is s thriving in the Rocki „. It wa8 impossible, manufacturing center with a con- howe ve r , to follow the course of the tented citizenship. Lovely, homes river ontireIy( necessitating tun- wit well kept yards line the paved ne | 8 through the mountains, there streets and a plan has been - worked bt;injf 43 betW een Spartanburg and out to enable worthy citizens to own Elkhorni At one place we passed the.r own homes practically af cost, Through 19 tunnels in 17 miles. One 12 years being allowed to make full j of the tongest tunnels in the South payment. Rents are also' very is on thig line> it foing miles in reasonable. The thing that impres- j i enfr th sed the writer more than anything: , „ , . . t ,, , , . ., V , . - We reached Columbia at II o - ebe was the growth of its schools. , . _ , , . , . , , , i clock Saturday nignt and arrived Eight years ago the town had a , t „ , —g- home at one 0 clock Sunday after- - Has mad* km kam* far so many year* end wW mcegntxe him a* a lucres*ful business man. H* has also served them In the capacity of Magistrate. If elected he pledget , a businesslike administration of tho ! affairs of the office. Tuesday morning, Mr. A. A. Mc Allister requested the editor to pub lish his formal announcement as a candidate for Commissioner in this issue of The People. Like Mr. Hoi- Inan, he is also well known to citizens of Barnwell, where he has made his home for a number of years, and is a good business man. His friends feel sure that he would make a conscientious public official. one-teacher, 30-pupil school* four moTrttnr^term. Today it has three elegant high school buildings, 60 teachers''and an enrollment of 1,700 pupils. The original school building is still standing, but is be ing used by negroes. In addition to the two plants visited, Kingsport has a number of noon with pleasant memories to dream over through the intervening months until the Association meets | at Myrtle Beach in 1924. In passing we wish to commend Mr. L. J. Kistner, in charge of the dining car of the special train, for his exceptional ability and unfailing •courtesy throughout the trip. It is Notice. The annual stockholders meeting of the Barnwell County Building and Loan Association will be held at the First N^j.ional Bank on Tuesday, the 3rd day of July* f923, at five o’ clock P. M. The stockholders are requested to be present in person or by proxy. ' N. G. W. Waikgr^ Sep. ajid Treas. interment, was in the Brunson ceme tery. • Mr. and Mrs. Youmans were resi dents of Brunson before moving to ElKenton and their many friends I here sympathise with them in their make it grow larger are requested Ulmchfield Fuel Corporation,' made *•••• * \ [to turn it In Sunday at the church the trip, with the press party and ( • ■ j. - af . ^fjeedad to emit YoumAM. ttMtod tofLet u* cheek op aad see what we tkgir'uhHrlng effort) ■ rv s! ■oirt' mtfli vkirh ^moplo of Brunson and EOeatoa shall have toward our new church large part its suness • -J t*gmo n—1» YW their apprsejatiou for the many I fund, after which w* shall ge te A kinrlnsseea rxteadrd thorn ia th**e * Mstsi'x M9^MMTto oi^bg thdj MMk OT oommMMImII^POM ka pouiuM he fee* iMrot I raadkdi *Bes au FViseot MM tmm Cedar Spnego ta' Mu|p e* & other industries, among the largest | nn small job to prepttre mea i 8 for of which are the cement plant and 1 more t ), an l4 n people and serve th^m the Eastman Kodak Col plant. toMi otort at luMth ko*ia»> adto* 30LM N**th *# fffisrraakji t • detour 0*0* ak* truche hooBAnea BedNuup Vf % *•.>**** 1 Ia it*** 1 in a most perfect manner in the With deep regret, good-byes were* limited spare afforded by a dining said and the party again boarded the car, but this was aoromplithrd with- special with Me**. Va., as the oh-, out apparent effort or confusion jective. This town was reached in ■ under the capable direction of Mr. the surly afternoon and aa upper- Kistner. A-larger field awaits hhn. 1 ^4 > * rtAn ^ ur C> ***4 to { hr ufficuu* mi rafdftw r r d O who to generously so- tke coal asmrs with wkirh lh*s < 00 some lev ta than af ike dean. * operated with tksus. It Is Advertise in The People. woTT«f Tfves“. We are- deeply grateful to each and every person w « contributed to tbe pleasure of our viait—to “Charlie" Hearon, to Will Hoi land, to Horace Bomar and others of in* ISo < tot to* of prokatfy the hertk'of chief stowsrd this oa sous* levtatkaa of Ike deep # | operated with '.to V* eujefed every ait nuts ef tke , whal jg .' *.to (to friend* Utot wo kuoo towwo forTu After pt