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THE BARNWELL PEOPLE
Entered at the post office at Barnwell,
8. C., as aecond-cla«i matter.
JOHN W. HOLMES
1840-1912
B. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One Year - $l f>0
Six Months .90
Three Months . .BO
(Strictly in Advance.)
THURSO A’'. AI OUST 21ST, 1924.
To the l.ady Voters.
The People does not want to le.ve
the impresson that it is trying to
(’ietate to the ladies of Barnwell
County as to which candidate they
ehould cast their ballots for in the
Congressional race. We would like,
however, to call their attention
the fact that it has long boon a eus-
"tom among the men, everything be
ing eqaul, to vote for the "home man.”
This* year Barnwell County has a
worthy candidate for this office in
the person of Capt. W. D. .Black, of
Williston. He needs ho intrduetion
; 1o the votes of the county at thi.
'ate day, as he has made a campaign
in the past few weeks that has plaec<|
him among the leaders. Tr seems to
»j‘ that w.^-l *»e a fine < -rrp .in»-’>«-
to this gentleman if Barnwell County
would giv'* him a '•olid vote -in ine
primary o’ec ion next ween in
gosling that the ladies join with the
men in insuring him a handsome ma
jority, we have nothing whatever to
say aganst the candidacy of any
other man in thit race. As we have
remarked before, they are all worthy
gentlemen.
Political observers say that Capt
Black has an excellent chance of go
ing into the second race—indeed,
many of them claim that he will lead
the ticket in the first primary. If
Barnwell County is to furnish the
Second District with the next Con-
• pressman, he should be elected with
the full endorsement ot hi- home
j ( ople.
an address of this character and that
opinion ha- been borne out by press
comment of various newspapers. It
was the weak effort of what Washing
ton newspaper correspondents term ‘a
passive and pallid little man. torn by
indecision and doubt.” Nowhere were
we able to discern the. ringing note of
leadership. He confined himself to
quoting statistics and dealing in g<m-
; eralities. Many of his comparisons
were unfair, and certain of his state
ments do not seem to be borne ou! by
the facts in the case.
In direct contrast wav the accept
ance speech of John W. Davis, Demo
cratic nominee, delivered only a few
nights before. When wc say that
was in keeping with the best product
of the mind of- that great Democrat,
Woodrow Wilson, we have said all
that can be said. It wav a bitter in
dictment of the rottenness and cor
ruption of the Republican party,
couched in elegant and diplomatic
language. It was a tine hill that will
require all the resouret fulness and
chicanery of the leaders of the (Irand
Old Party, so-called, to discredit. P
p]aced„the Republican party squarely
on trial before the bar of public opin
ion and when the people render their
verdict at the ballot box in Novem
ber, w*e confidently believe that the
Democrats v/ill be returned to power
•“JiniTnie” Byrnes.
James F. Byrnes, who has represent
ed the Second Congressional District
n Congress for the past 11 years. w?n
hrit sworn in on the same day that
John W. Davis, the Democratic norm
fee for President, became a memoei
i f that body. Mr. Byrnes referred to
th.s fact on the occasion of the Sena
iorial campaign meeting held in Ai
ken, his home town, recently. The
Democratic nominee and Mr. Byrne's
served together in the House, and are
personal friends. From reports
reaching Mr. ^Byrnes’ hcaelquartevs
from throughout the State, it ap
pears that the' two, Mr. Davis and .Vr.
Byrnes, will, on the 4th day of next
March, take the oath required of them
fill higher erffices, the one be'coming
President of the United States and h'*
othe'r Unite-d States Senator.
In offering for the Senate, Mr.
Byrne's’ is merely asking promotion
id the hands of the people aftei 14
years of faithful and valuable service
t<> the State-, the nation and the- Dem
ocratic party. In the lower branch of
( ongress he has maele an enviably
record, which for brilliancy and
achievement is unassailable. It stands
for itself. In a material way he has-
achieved great, big things. To p) (( .;e*
the truth of this avse-ption, only one
item ne>e*d be mentioned. Initiatin'.''
the movement in Congress for federal
aid for roadbuilding, he- secured the
first <10.000 that came into South
Ctfrolina for this purpevse. and since
that initial appropriation. South Car
olina has received approximately *7.-
^00,000 from the federal government
to aid in the construction of highwayv
.n the State. In addition, it was Mr.
Byrnes who piloted through the
House the bill, enacted in-war times,
to appropriate $10,000,000 with which
to purchase nitrate of soda to sell to
the'farmers at tost.
Mr. Bvrne^ seeks promotion to .the
Senate for the're'ason that there fifs
opportunities for service will be en-
vjarged. The Serfate has but 00 mem
bers. whereas there are 43 r ) members
of the House. The Senate traF exclu-
►*ve control over foreign, affairs. J-i
the Senate art -n^apy men who. J like
John W. Davis., have served.in the
House with him. These men have
Beep, promoted for faithful servve,
their people back home believing ’hat
I'iomotion shrfUld f>e the reward, in
polities' as in businis*-. for the man
who makes good-on the ji b.
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» Davis and Coolidge.
Thursday night the editor of The
People had the doubtful pleasure of
Mstening 1 to j the Republican notifica
tion ceremonies by—radio. Mr. <'')ol-
dge’s speech of acceptance came ; n
-.vith remarkable clearness for this j
season of the year and w^- were able
to folloxv him very closely. Our : m-
jpression then was that the President
delivered a pale’ and pallid excuse for:
War in Co.. H, 17th S. C. Volunteer-,
Capt. W. H. Ulmer, commanding.
He have, suiwiving him his three
sons, twelve grandchild:en and two
great grandchildren.
< Thy funeral services were conduct-
isl at his church on Wednesday nt-
tenioon by his pastor. Rev. D. W.
HeCkie.—-Cont ributed.
>Ir. \Nade H. Sanders.
William Ransom Morris.
Mr. Wad* H. Sanders, aged 4m
years, died at his home .near KJjne
Monday afternoon at two o'clock, al
ter u short illness. IBs body was la.d
to rest Tuesday afternoon in t.'ie
Creech cemetery, near Kline, the He
D. W. Heckle conducting th< funcivil
services in the presence of a large
concourse of relatives and friends.
Mr. Sanders, who was om of the larg
est farmers in the lower section of
the county, is survived by his lathei,
Mr. E. B. Sanders; two sisters, Mr-.
Cornelia Thomas and Mrs. Annie
Brooker; three brothers, Messrs. W.
P. Sanders, E. B. Sanders. Jr., and J.
W. Sanders; and three step-children,
Mr. W. Clay Creech and Misses Free-
da and Louise Creech, who have the
sympathy of many "friends in thtii
bereavement.
Black Booster Party.
Quite a number of ears filled with
business men from Williston and Elko
passed throug-h Barnwell Tuesday on
a tour of the counties of the Second
Congressional District in the interest
of the candidacy of Capt. W. D.
Black.
Notice of Election.
Notice is hereby given that an elec
tion for Mayor and Aldermen of th»*
town of Barnwell and one Commis
sioner of Public Works to succeed
Mrs. Bessie B. Easterling will be held
on Tuesday, September 2nd. 1924.
The said election shall be held as is
provided by law for holding general
elections. The polls will he opened -
at the Court House at 8:00 o clock A.
M. and closed at 4:00 o’clock P. M.
The following, are hereby appointed
managers of election: Sam J. Halford,
p YV. Price and Solomon Brown.
A. J. Bennett, Mayor
J. M. Caldwell, Clerk.
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Phini/v & Co. New \d'ertisers.
On Tuesday afternoon at a: 17
o’clock on the 12th, instant, at the
home of bis son, Ed. E. Morris, in
Barnwell, the soul of William Ransom
Morris was required by our
omniscient rather. He had Been
sick for about two weeks, his
illness developing into pneumonia,
and the Jransition from this life to
the great beyond was gentle and
peaceful, characteristic traits of his
daily walk.
He was married twice, his first wife
being Miss ' Millie Dclk. who died
about ofi years ago, arid by whom he
had one son, Ed. E. Morris; and his
second wife.' Miss Ellie Barker, who
also preceded him. and by whom Tie
had two son's, W. Angu- Morris and
John A. Morris.
At the age of 18 he united with
Eri end ship Baptist chinch and ha e
ever since h< en a faithful and con
secrated member of that church.
He served throughout thr CivT
Among the new advertisements to
be found in this i«sue of The People
is one for PhTniZy A Co., cotton fac
tors, of Augusta, (ia. This firm wa-
eslablished in 18ti’> and has been in
active business continously since th'»l
time. F'or more than 5'* years it ha.
been under the personal management
of the senior 'partner. Mr. James To
bin. Mr. Ferdinand Phirjzy. anothci'.
partner, has s*en 28 years of active
service in the interest of his clients.
With -ueh a record, and the firm’s
pre-ent financed stand.ng. they feel
that the farmers of this section may
safely ship cotton to them. They are
in a position to make advances > n
cotton, and state that they nev i
hypothecate customers' cotton *.«-
anybody. .
Mr. T. B. Ellis. Jr., of l.ymihu -i!
(was m I he city yesterday . s»*:d -trt* .1
| that he is a proud grandfather, a - >n
having been bor i to Mr.. «ai .1 .Mi-.
Steve Ellis at Uiiffin. (la., on Vaga-t
14th. '
A CANDIDATE WITH NO
MUSH’ IN HIS MOUTH
(Note- Sometime ago we -aw in
'‘The Barnwell People” an announce
ment of one J. B. .Morris as a can li-
da,te for sheriff. Being the same name
as that borne by the modest fore
man of The Calhoun Times office we
inquired, and learqed that the Barn
well man is the father. Different even
from the most loyal and devoted sons,
generally, he has been too bashful to
gossip around the office in the slight
est wqy about the Barnwell election
in which he is greatly interested.
After all these weeks, the first and
only news of the campaign for sher
iff over there, that came to our e.t-
tention, we again found in “The
Barnwell People" of, last week. It
was a letter signed by the same “J
B. Morris.” Contrary to letters <>f
mo-t politicians who try to ride all
the horses at the same time and
afraid to take a stand in or out of
office, lest they Jose votes, it is. so
fine and open and true to the moral
ide of law and decency that we are
publishing it,. He is, at least, -one
andidate that u not afraid of the
bootleggers and their nflueme in' a
county where they love liquor and
frequently shoot each other just for
fun of the thing. We wish we could
poll a thousand absentee votes foi
Morris. No man of any standing will
write like that and fall down ,< n the
job. if elected. We need s-jch -heriff-
in every county unless prohibition
continues a growng farce. Mr. M lr-
ris was sheriff years ago and quit
his own—accord.—Editor. 1
“Statement h> J. B. Morris.”
“Some of my enemies are oircuht-
ine a report that 1 am the ‘wet’ can
didate for sheriff and if I am elected
blind tigers will have their change.
This is a campaign lie, pun and sim
ple. The blind tigers of Barnwell
County, qever had an easy time before
when 1 was Sheriff and, they won’t
have it thi-; time. I have never made
a statement to the people of the
county that I didn't live up to, and J
state now that if I am elected Sheriff
1 will ‘dean up’ Barnwell County, and
any liquor man who expects to go
on doing business if I am elected will
be disappointed, and any who figure
on going in business, if I am elected,
had better set up across the line in
some other county, as they won’t get
any quarter from m*. The Constitu
tion says this country is dry, and o
far as I am concerned, 1 will show
the people how to have a dry county,
if the people elect me. which I am
sure they will.
M. Ik—Morris.”
—The Calhoun Times. ndv.<
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WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR
ROBERT L. GUNTER
FOR CONGRESS
Because he is a v<Jf-mad< man. and ha^ familiarized him-c f w th th« needs and ccnojtiors of toiy class of
business within the District. ♦•-r*..
Having labored on a fanh until hi was twenty-one ears old. aid having been c»r,. eett d with- farming ever
s:nc«-. he is lamiliai with agricultural conditions, and is directlv intei’f*st*xl therein. ' *.,
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Having lived in Aiken County all his life, and at \ik. n for twe’ty-four years. at the Horse J reek Valiev
Section, he- is thorough+w familiar with the labor conditions existing -n ”ur mamm-n u.i ■’v towns, ami he has alway-
stood by the interests of labor and tor what i« nght.
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He was on# <»! the delegation from Aik*.n County \\ h<. ii tirw j -ed fa tirst • h «. ia.i•• i ad in the South ( ai o-
lina Legislature. .
He has always stood tor the education of thi mass#w.v- ■ r * ■ of ‘.h* • 'a a.itt"» on education in tu<
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Constitutional Convention of 1897. and helped wiiu thi a-fclt c edit atum. • ■ wl,;. h < u: present school system
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He is opposed to the proposed Constitutional Am- 'aliiei.t . -ohiio’irg i* s and l - under eighteen years of-
age from working in any industry of the UnittH State-, this Am* ulnunt d* pi.-v«-s the Su.tes of their lights, ami
if adopted, will deprive farmers of a great part -of th* ii b*b«.i m..s .g - e no. > :« - and girls, and bi ingini’
haixlships on their parents.
Having been Solicitor for fourteen yeai s. a.-q. iti: eg that t - :>■ top# w.t: th* best lawyer- ot thi
.S* uoml Circuit', ami of the State, in- the Circuit a d Su> u m* i 'o - ;• <q . • • d t - c. :• 1 thi .ght • ..r ‘he p
,-ie ot the District- against any attacKv wiv.i-h mav >* i >.;ght « - .a* #4 what* ■ > ' •>t*' v s!" •
He ’- making' his own tight. Ioni -tly and fairly . w . , ■ j- • c • fl.#■ . • e ;. aga- \ gth* • i .e di*L« *
and without buying the off in t< which ht aspires.
Hu past services pro.* that hi can t»o tru-te,l nv hi i .,p.-. ; - - best • f >.: - th*- p •ot-*-c;u".n "‘ 'h* if
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■ nterest at ail times. The re, .ni li* has niaiie u- a • uni. < ffi * , d* -< i .» ti* Ai. .
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Why Dial Should
be Re-elected
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His Record in the United States Senate
shows that he stands for:
F % cry thing that helps the larmer. th< laboring man
ar d the husinet«s man in general.
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I h« right ot the State !o regulutf their own affairs
and sou a rely against the Federal ( hiid l.ab*ir Amend#,
n ent. which would work untold hardship *»p i he larmer-
of the State.
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Economy in the conduct ol the Government.
Prohibition, legislative and oth«-rwis«-.
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His six years «f experience as Senator will b* a valua-*
PI* asset to South < arolina
He has always been ‘‘on the job” and wi!| remain s< »s
bmg a» he is in the Senate.
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Has any *ither aspirant a stronger claim on the Demo
crats of South Carolina?. ‘
Think it over, men and w«’n;*n M-trrs. and on new
Toesdav —
Cast your ballots for
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