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Ci^TlIB OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF BARNWELL COUNTY. Y ' * . V Ye.'., it y:»u want money we have it.y •|« If you have money we wani~rt.- .j. .j, 5 o o Paid in Sawnps Department. V HOME BANK OF BAHNNYELL. £ * 11 ■ •• Established in i-T JpY’OLUMB XLVII. “Just Like a IVSember o r the FamHy M Largest (’minty Circulation. , , •« <• <~xk-x-:^xx->*<^x^»<-x--xx-x-# * •} J t J July ’24 Subscriptions Have *f A •> Expired. <* PLEASE RENEW PROMPTLY! J BARNWELL. ^OUTH CAROLINA, THl^SDAY. \i(.I ST 21ST. LCL M MBER 7 MOODY IS ELECTED MAYOR OF BARNWELL BY 58 MAJORITY; HEAVY VOTE POLLED TUESDAY ELECTION RETURNS WILL BE Plaliorm .;. | DISPLAYED AT VAMP THEATRE AND ALSO ON BULLETIN BOARD most hot' ! y '.•ortest. :': ! Davis()• history ‘it’ thi- city.' Si \tor. «;*o: L 1 24»>; Dirk.. _’M \va- eieexe !n or ■ of tht elections ia th* Mr. I. <; M "■ ..K. Jr.. May >i 1>. nnvell in Tues*t;i,\ N p-n* nuiry el-M-tion, defeating hi> onputi- (•nt. Mr. \V. D. Hailey, i>y a ma.ioritv ..f •> \;rh*s. The final roant was: Moody JTo; Harley -12. Five d' the six randidates for \ 1 - slei-man *»•. the Moody trek ;t were .•lecte 1. as fellows: J. M. P.rodie, K. D. Peaeoek. L. K. Davis, Perry A. Price and B. W. Sexte-n. the ^i\th plar-e bpuur tilled hy H. < ompton. L. M. Calhoun was elected h\ a! majority of 22 vote. over two op ponents, the vote in this race being is foUdw-r; ('r.lhoun 24R: It. S. Moore - UR; (}. Mr \ nderson Jok Out of a total of 024 enrolled. 19T .votes wFre poitled 'Tue'sitky. Because of irregularities, the full vote wa< not vomited in any rave. In the rare for Mayor 2^2 votes were counted; for Alderman. 4fiS; and foi Commissioner, o- Coma: •v - L 1 . ; ifr’.ct* '2. i ter! ini; k.7;); Mala!: I >iao. <nd !'.' i. ■ner: Ar. it > son !' s « ! j • 5 Calhoun 1'4'j: AC-ore Card of Thank T v> i. t) e or Darnwv.i I vvaut_jaio'iviy to ex; re-- my grati tude to'th.v men and- wo,men of IKrtm- well .wh ■ voted for me and w irked so untiringly n my hrhalf, and 1 again pledge my hearty co-operation.in all efforts for *he upbuilding and better ment of our town. .1 > >. Moodv, Jr. 20th Augu .'24. 9 m How They N oted. complet ■ vote w - a u 1 com.piet • vote w - as follow : ■ F<>r Ma\ >r: Moody 21' 1 ; HarUvy 212. For Allerman: ('ompton 24S; Rlacl 172; P.roiiie 2oM; I’cacoek 2M; Card of Thank'. !•! I .wish. 1 1 « thank my friends for A their cordial support and' the large *t* vote given me in Tuesdav’s primai v j Y eli*vtion. and to assure the people of ••• **« Barnwell that I bear no ill will T e- .j. wards tho-e who <a-t their ballots against me. It is my desire to co operate with the newly elected Mayor and Ald-rmen in every way possible that ,wi: 1 promote the best interest of the towr. \Y D. liar lev ■) ft, nt. 4 , i , * ■■ v.jufir -r. .i . . < > ,A . 1 a - ! - , '.A»* - ■■ ‘ «• i. ! I . ' ■■ • * ♦.Af : \ »*»»* ■& ^ ■« : t.e"t The P.- with the Theatre t Iuesday - -creen at In addition Mr. I bam rangi'd- t«>r, o sneciai p pie nas m man im Mash the returns primary eieetioi 1: ge several precincts, to tr.-) r. i». P. [ta'.i* 1 '. a- euriv t hese ’ i*o ; t - should : '• he tot popular movie hou-m. from Magistrat* Pa- A ( <•> asmii, ■ w ha n •are fo vote .for ogch otfie *, • fo Ihited State < nj'UKt insure aim a Y [lacked house. 'The name of the pn- ♦j* dure C " 1 ne Nout'.g Raiati," 'tii!'"ig •% I ■ , ^ ‘ Rodolnh NatletUmo and Wanda TLrw- Senaytr. I . ' - * . W niiT Ti e Pe >ple u always glad -.» have its friends visit this office, >’in office space i- limited and it is a-lmi an impossibility to work with any T-»- gree of accuracy and rapidity where h7>: ; C' ifeedd-b' wem^'' ‘ i Jey.. The prire of admission includes | theia both thi turns. picture and the election is a large crowd of people, a l i f whom are anxious to -ee and hear the latest report. The above arrange- most feasible, whereby The Pe - ytfne force can quickly securij an BARNWELL ATTORNEY REGARDED AS LOGICAL MAN TO SUCCEED McMillan as speaker of house or the benefit of those who lo n itiment, therefore, was decided upon n ‘ the fdeb the results of thr* eleeton and post them for the information of the gen eral public. All information secured by this office will be sent to Th; Vamp Theatre and posted on the hu ♦ letin board at on« e. No' information concerning the result of the elect! ) i will be given out at The People otfie*. The People’s friends will confer a *' i- vor on ils by bearing this in mind. care to attend the picture show, the i iffteers of the I lemoc ra tic orgai tion in thi- county will arrange a bul letin beard on Main Street, where the returns will be posted as <non as th' V are received. The People asks the cooperation of it- friends in At ■ i-.. this^ matter, meeting of the county executive com mittee here , Friday, Chairman Kdgar* A. Brown requested the committee men to get the results of the ballot- SOME REASONS FOR SUPPORTING BUTLER B. HARE FOR CONGRESS The .Aiken Standard. With campaigns on for State and county officers and tor the United State- Senatorship a- well as the race for Congress the public, steeped in ptditic- this year, i.- very apt to over- hMik the fact of another political con test. soon to be. on. m which the peo ple of Aiken wull Ik* intcre-ted because tluo are interested in the man who looms up with the mo-t favorable promise as the winner. This will b-* the eopte-t for the Speakership of the, Hou-e of Representative' at the open ing of the next session. (Vd hhlgai A. D own, of Barnwell, would, in ait probability have entered the lace foi - Congress from, the Sec- >nd ('ongiv-'ional Ib-triet thi- year • x'cep! fni the fio t. tliat v his friends througincut the State hail, in I'espoii-e to ti.eu insisti ;it urgii’g. -.‘lUied from him the. pi'cmi-e to offer for Speaker i>* the H iU'i of Representatives next vor A id e\oiv if he had not made ; he ra for ('ong’ress. there wau a lem.md in Barnwell Coiintv that Col. Bcov. i :'!••• .for the State Senate from he ((iiucv "o succeed Arluir M. Ken nedy. of Wiliston. who i- retiring. 'The fCf. Col Brown a candidate f r i c-eiei t iot, to the Hoitsc from hi- lunty. w'ti; th<- under-tanding .that Ve wdl, upon .his rc-idc't .or. litfer a- un fo th-e Speaker'hip. -r — Two years ago he opp.oscd Tommie McMillan, of Charleston, for this place, Mr. McMillan winning by a close margin. But Mr. McMillan had long been a member of the General Assembly, and enjoyed that advant age. Now that Mr. McMillan is a can didate for CongTess from the Charles ton district. Col. Brown is generally regarded as the man for the place, the heir apparent, so-to speak. It is rumored that there will he op position. there "being several ^well- known members of the General As sembly who desire the place, among these being John K. Hamblin, of Union, Speaker Pro Tern for the past two sessions, and Dr Olin Sawyer, of Georgetown. In addition it is known Smitl that Mi ndell L fh. of Camden, who ia making the legislative race thi- yen in Kershaw County, would like very much to attain to the Speakership, in the event of I vis elec tion. But the people of Aiken Coun- tv. who are proud of Col. Brown. h»^ being ar. Aik>• i: hoy, l>orn and reaii'd here, and beiaUsc of the record ho has made in the political fiyld and tiie success he has attained in hi- chos o profession, ladieve with the writer who is in po-ition to feel the political pulse of 1 the State to a greater or a lesser extent that Col. Brown will experience- - little difficulty in 'attain-, irig to thi- high and honorable posi tion next Januai'v. I I ? : Y $ *r* Y v 1 •> V ! : ? ? i: WILLIAM DUNBAR BLACK Candidate for Congress A Farmer and a Business Man BARNWELL HIGH SCHOOL WILL OPEN 1924-1925 SCHOOL TERM SEPT. 9.-FACULTY ANNOUNCED • Tb .■ Do .veil !! i eh ■Sehool' v i|l .pen l be 1924 192') s, •ia ob term or Tin*. Jay. S ■pjember 'J iu!i, AjJ mr- ’Tits are I'eijtv stetl to govern them s.l Sy th..- and -t .ot ‘heir Mr! fl en on ti n.c The’s; * n i r. * * -course w'.'! be h. ■itvy and a we**k's delay wil! en- ■ La iil* cr th “ nossibilitv of the chiblrcf*. passing i. o'e-tbe next grade. No .•hi,ld will be admit ted without having been vaut inated foi s mallpox. Tk ■ fori, >w;ng teach*' is have been *ll*Ctl eit a: id will come highly recom- m mended by their former schools: Miss Amelia McNah. of Barnw'el'. first grade. N11sx M.arth.a Sp •er,. ot Fa-Icy, sec ond grade. Miss Mineola Grimes, of Fees, third grade. Miss Blanche Spann, of Sumter, fourth grade. Miss Cola Dicks. 1 of Dunbarton, fifth grade. Miss Harriett Lucius, of Sumter, ixth grade and girl’s athletics. Mis- Rebecca Blatt, of Blackville, seventh grade. Miss Elizabeth Burckhalter, of Barnwell, English and history. High -School. Mi ss Edna Creech,, of Denmark, Latin and French, High School. Miss Elina Cave, of Barnwell, Do- mesth .Science, High Si hool. Mr. !!. M Guyot. of Cordova. Sm- eMe.ajid Mathematics and Athle'ic director-. Prof. J. D. Robison, of P>arnwe!l, Superintendent and Mathematics- It is requested that adiC good pt“)- | pie of Barnwell rereive these teaehei s into theii midst with opetCarms, and make them feel that they are welconr- “d and apprei iated in Barnwell. Everybody boost the school, for the coming year is going to be the "R<*d Fetter" year of the BarnweH High School. '* t l i V v 1. More Stringent Enforcement of the Immigration Laws. He is opposed to the in discriminate influx of aliens and foreigners. South Carolina is the purest Anglo-Saxon State in the Union ^nd should be kept so. 2. Conservation of natural resources, n 3. A continuation of federal aid' for road construction in South Carolina. 4. A system of taxation that will place the burden on those best able to bear it. and a re,vision of the present inheritance tax law. 3. He opposes any interference with land or credit banks and favors further de velopment of thesetinstitutions for the finan cial reliefiof the farmer. 6. Strict enforcement of the law. in cluding the Volstead Act. 7. Abandonment of our national policy or isolation. " — 8. Relief for the farmer trom the pres ent unfair and inequitable high cost of trans portation. The farmer has never received proper dividends in keeping with his invest ment and labor, and never will so long as he is required to pay freight rates on his agn cultural products double those charged for other commodities. 9. He is opposed to the proposed 2/){h Amendment to the Constitution, krjown as “ The Child Labor Law, ’ which would pro hibit the employment of children under 18 years of age. . . 1 0. He is opposed to federal control of our schools. y * l ! ? Y 1. Bcvau i', “Hv is a workmv Hig »is i umputviit. Hi- has had experin'-e in giiVfinmcntal yvor ;. He camt* up from tin* ranks altui knows the needs of the masses.”—The Calhoun Times. 2. Because, “He probably knows more about the farmers of South Car olina than my other man in the Stato, and is th ' c-t posted man as to th<* agriniltura resources of hC district.” \ Yi Ivilh Frquirer. 3. Because, “He is a South Caro linian to the manner born, whose first concern i t) he i f service to, his peo ple and his State.” Yorkville En quirer. j. Because he illustrated his ir.- ter«‘st for the agricultural classes and mental agencies into one, thereby re ducing the Cost of operation several hundred thousand dollars. In addi tion to the work now being done it shall lx* the duty of this reorganized agency to keep its eye or hand on tlvg business pulse of the world and regis ter at all times the demand for Amer ican goods or products and at tha same time show the purchasing pov/- er of those markets ami foreign coun tries. It shall be authorized and di rected to maintain proper trade rela tions with foreign markets and sea that the channels of trade between them arid the UNITED STATES be kept open at all times, making it im possible to have a business^, conges tion like we are now going through, or have a surplus of any commodity in the' UNITED STATES while there is an existing demand for any partic ular commodity and a corresponding ability to pay for it in aqy market of the world. Bccau.-e he outlines a definite and concrete plan for relieving the congested and depressed conditions now existing in the cotton mills of this State and other sections, show- ii^ tjrat. if the same relations existe l between our government and manu facturers as now exist between the government and the railroads, the mills would not have the right to shut down at pleasure and throw millions of operatives out of employment with- i ut a moment’s notice or warning, '10. Because, he believes in strict enforcement of all laws; restricted immigration; national aid in construc tion ami maintenance of highways and roads traversed by rural carriers; drainage of swamp and overflowed tempts to hr ing hjrri back to. carry out j lands of the South, the conservation the cniitracCthri farriier N clawed as ' of our natural resources, etc. a criminal, but tihe .negro goes freed Ml. Because, he'is opposed to a and untouched. Mr. Hare piopos.xsj p' otective tariff, and wilC-vule. against to rnake the ItiW apply to both alike. | the proposed amendment to the Con- derrumstriifed his ability to pfaff^for then interests in 1913 when he pipi 4 lined the first complete and^gaMad plan for a system of rural credit' ever issued for operation in the Cni- ted State.;, an I thi that follow d ha< saved the farmers in SOUTH CAROLINA ft im being bankrupt to the extent of more than $20,001),000. ■ f>. Because, throughout , his cam paign, he !:•<• submitted definite and eon - ete • *i 'edies for solving a num ber of our economical and political ills, all looking to the betterment of tiii agricultural arid small busine-'., lotere'.ts of *.!. country fl. Bi'-cause. be proposed national legislation that -will put the farmer j and ‘aim lahorer equally iesfmnsible ! foi a breach’of a FARM LABOR CONTRACT, for under' the present law a .negro may hire himself to a farmer, receive advances for three o> months, or longer, and then and then if trie farmer at- Y four file Y ... ice I I! Y A FAIR AND SQUARE DEAL FOR ALL. y x Union Meetings. Aug. 30-31. In view of the fact that all of Hie pastors of the. town churches in the Barnwell Association will be absent on their vacations August 3<i and •">’, and the pastors of country churches will U* closing up their protracted meetings, and that The Barnwell As sociation Sunday School Convention will meet the first week in September, the Program Committee.has deeided to di.s|M*nse wih a program for the above date. They request that the union meeting' foi November be held at the churches selected fori the August meeting. By.the Committee: 0. J. Frier, J. Guy Martin and W. M. Jones. I ■BARNWELL MAN RETURNS FROM CLARKSBURG; MAY SPEAK FOR DEMOCRATIC PARTY THIS FALL The plan, is not only feasible, but it i just, fair and honest. 7. Boca Us"., he suggests and out lines suitable legislation enlarging th** existing MARKKT N’KWS SEK YK E AND INSPECTION SERVICE for the benefit of TRUCK arid FRUIT growers, which should meet a long felt want and prove to be of greet '‘■r. ice in guai anteemg to-the SH1P- PFR that he will not lie imposed up on or defrauded by unscrupulous brokers or commission men, as i- of ten the case under existing ism s. Because, he favors the combin ing of a number of| existing govern- -: itut ion giving <'ongress the right to enact legislation regulating ' the em ployment of children under IS years of age. 12. Because he has conducted a clean, clear cut. progressive and intel ligent campaign, giving from every stump and platform not mere recital of exist irig evils and conditions but i le.ii. definiti and concrete remedies” foi many iff them. In' other words, he has a platform of constructive ideas, a platform that gives encour- gernent and hope to; a!! classes of men and to every business interest™*-! Plst r*et dv. Edgar A. Browi . who attend** I j He had th at re- ( th*- Davis notification reremonies Clarksburg, VV. Va., last week, pleasure ing of the Pth and arriv.rg in Clarks burg about noon Monday. Col. Brown expressed himself as being much impressed with the Demo cratic nominee and the reception that was accorded him in his home town. i I of conf-*r r’r.g with Mi Davis Tuesdav morllil'.'', il- lowiog the notification, at the 1 .l.e s home. 7'i e t rie ois of ( *>1. Brown will be interested to know that the leaders of i'.e I cm* cs « tic party Hrve asked him an*. Mi c. app to . mak * speeches thi^ fall in the interest of "the party n turned to Barnwell Thursday night. He made the trip by automobile from Columbia in company with Claud N. *Sapp. Esq., ef that city. Th** round trip wars about 1,800 miles, the party leaving the capital city on the morn--} tht . States of West Virginia. Indiana and Ohio. Co!./ Brown has reserved his final decision, hut states that in ' A all probability : he will take part in the campaign as requested. Mr. Sapp, he said, would start his itinerary in West Virginia. THE MAN TO SEND TO CONGRESS. The Second District- being almost right man to represent us in Con- entirely dependent on agriculture for its prosperity, the voter- are realiz ing more than ever that they will have,to send a man to Congress who is/ in full sympathy and accord with farmers and laboring <Q3an. No oneTby his bold arid out-spoken stand for gres«. He has made a clean campaign, on hi- own merits and not on the demer its of others; although he may have incurred the enmity of some interests who ha- stydied the record of Mr. Torile can but come to the conclusion that by his long, faithful and sacri ficial service in both the Senate and House *>f Representatives, which commends him as one who has the ex perience. energy and pep. and is the Li '' law enforcement and temperance, anil the championing of the cause of the farmers and laboring people, and the defense of the ex-soldiery From an unbiased standpoint, Mr^Toole ia the man for us to send to Congress.— Adv. h t iK VI «-I*