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r 1 vT i ( G^tub official newspaper of barnwell county.^! *If you want money, we have it— If you have putney, we want it. HOME BANK OF BARNWELL. | Established in 1877. “Just Like a Member of the Family" Largest County Circulation. BARNWELL COUNTY’S BEST & MOST POPULAR NEWSPAPER. ALL HOME PRINT. V r VOLUME XLVIII. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, APRIL 23RD, 1925. NUMBER 34. U. D. C. DISTRICT CONFERENCE TO MEET IN BARN WELL FRIDAY J. O. PATTERSON DIES SUDDENLY EVERYTHING 1 X. READINESS FOR MEETING PROMINENT BARNWELL ATTOR NEY STRICKEN SUNDAY. 34TH ANNUAL REUNION AT CAMP.MORRAI.L, 896 > Lai^e Number of Visitors Expected. ^Big Barbecue Dinner Will Be a Feature. r* Everything is in readiness for the neeting of the U. D. C. District Con- erenct* in Barnwell tomorrow (Fri- i‘ay), when delegates from about 40 hapters in the.Edisto District- will nake this city their Mecca. The nembers of the Johnson Hagood Chap- "er have been very busy , for some ■’ime in anticipation of Ithis event tid nothing will he left undone that light add to the pleasure and com- ort of the visitors, of whom a large -umber is expected. As aiinounced ast week. Veterans of the War Be- ' ween the States will be honor guests nd it is hoped that every one of iiem will avail himself of this op- ■ortunity to rub elbows with his , omrades and tight over again the attles of the OO’s. Committees have hien appointed to ttend to every little detail in con- ection with the meeting, which pro mises to be one of the best evey held, he Johnson Hagood Chapter has made a most enviable record during io past year and its niemhors ex- > ect to live up to it. The program, which calls for a .ill day, is as follows: Invocation—Mrs. M. -B. Hagood, 1 haplain. Song—“Dixie"—Audience. Welcome—Mrs. G. M. Greene, presi- vnt of the Johnson Hagood I’hapter. Response—Mis. T. S. Gelzer, Eu- . Iwville. Greetings from the Sons-—Col. Hai ' .• I). Calhoun. Roll call of Chapters; reading of Tl enmark minutes—Mrs. J. A Lati- • -.er. secretary. r I fi icctiir’s Address —Miss Marion Salley. ■ Address of State President—Mrs. ( ». D. Black. Greetings from an Ex-President General—Mis 1 ^ Mary roppenheim. Address of Historian General—Mrs. St. J. Alison Lawton. Historical Duties <>L,Edisto District Mrs. W. I. John-. W.orld War Service Crosses—Mrs. E. J. Burch. Our Cross of Hpiuus-* -Mrs. A. A. The People takes pleasure in publishing the folfowing announce ment: “The annual meeting of Con federate Veterans will be held at Meyer’s Mill on Friday, May 1st, 192f>. All members of Camp Geo. * r 1 ' r W.i Woriall, No. 896, are requested to he present and all V eterans who are not members are requested to meet with this Cam; with the view of becoming members. A barbe cue and basket picnic dinner will be.the great feature of the day. The public is invited to join in with us. All ladies are especially in vited to come and bring baskets filled with good eatables and help make this a day of special pleasure in union of the old and the young. Come one, come all. The speakers of the day will be the Rev. E. H. Clark and Dr. W. M. Jones." Was III Only a Few Hours.—Body Laid to Rest Tuesday Morning in Baptist Churchyard. BLACKVILLE BOY PAINFULLY HURT MASTER AUDREY STILL SUF FERS BROKEN NOSE. Exercises at Methodist Sunday School Greatly Enjoyed.—Other News Items of Interest. RIVERS’ BRIDGE MEMORIAL PLANNED FOR EARLY MAY BARNWELL HIGH PUPILS COMPETE WILL WRITE THEMES J ECT OF MEAT. ON SUB- Twelve Young Ladies Will (ombine Knowledge of Home Economics and Literary Ability. i S^JJayley.' Twelve Barnwell High School stu- dentsGyf home economics are prepar ing to combine their knowledge of i this subject and their literary ability in an effort to carry off a share of the $2,500 in cash prizes offered in the Second Nafional Meat Story Contest. The contest is now being put under way by the National Live Stock and Meat Board - , which has headquarters in Chicago. Miss Elma L. Cave, home eeonomlt-s instructor at the Barnwell High' School, has request,'m! the necessary number of entry blanks for these girls and it is possible that other local girls may enter before the closing, date*, which is announced as May 1. To compete a student’must write a, story of theme of 1,000 to 2,000 words on the subject of meat and submit with it three meat recip. The Board has placed the national champ ionship prize at $300 and has appor tioned the remainder of the $2,500 into other attractive prizes, both na tional and State. The selection of win ners will rest in the hands of a com mittee of prominent home economies specialists, according to the Board. Dr. Louise Stanley, Chief of the Bu reau of Home Economics, C. S. De partment of Agriculture, -on-o'd as chairman of the committee in the 1 fir A contest held last Spring. The Board annouheemenf stiles that the contest i< rr feature of a n^'i- tional program of education and re search on meat which has tbol en dorsement of the If. S. Department of Agriculture, homo economic- in structors in universities, colleges and the States” Mrs. j high schools, and others. Godson. ‘ Round Table bv'Chapters. Adjournment for lunch. Afternoon Session. _ Music. V. of C Work Mr-. R. R. Legaro. Woodiow Wilson .Memorial—Miss na Payne. Our educational work —Mrs..P. C. •Unson. “The* ( onfedora a V eteran Me This entire community was greatly- shocked and sincerely grieved Sunday afternoon when the sad news was passed from one to another that J. O. Patterson, Jr„ a prominent lawyer arid farmer of Barnwell, had died sud- denly atdiis home here shortly be fore six o'clock, after ah illness of only a few hours, his death being due to heart failure following an attack of acute indigestion. Mr. Patterson, who apparently was the very picture erf health, had enjoyed a Sunday morn ing walk over the farm of his brother, Mr. li. A. Patterson. After dinner he retired to his room L o read and in a short while complained of a nain near his heart. A physician Avas hurriedly summoned and the stricken’ man seemed to respond to treatment, but later in the afternoon he grew worse and in-a short time passed to his eternal reward, surrounded by his loved ones, who had vainly endeavored to stay the. summons of the Grim Reaper. His body was laid to rest Tuesday morning in the Barnwell Baptist Churchyard, beside the remains of two children who had gone on be fore to await his coming. The funeral services Were conducted in the Methodist Church by his pastor, the Rev. R. W. Humphries, assisted by Dr. W. M. Jones, in the pres ence of a large concourse of sor rowing relatives and sympathetic friends. The esteem in which he was held by all was attested by the large number of floral tributes that cover ed his last resting place. The active pall-hearers were as follows: Messrs. J. VV. Patterson, E. L. Patteason, Angus B. Patterson, R. A. Patterson, S. B. Moseley, Ingram Hagood, Ralph Smith and Louis Murrav. The honoiwv ball-bearers were as follows: Messis. C. C. Simms, G. M. Greene, R. C. Holman, J. E. Harley, Salomon Blatt, Edgar A. Brown, James Julien Bush, R. A. Ellis,Thos. M. Boulware. V. S Owens, (a. H. Nine-tern, members of Lie Barn- f well Bar; Messrs. VV. J. Lemon, A. J. Bennett, .1. N. Dicks ChaGie Owens, A. D. Connor, VYm. E. McNab, J. J. Vickery, X. G. VV. Wa’ikoi Stewards of the Methodist Chuixh Me.-sis. P. B. Hagood, B. L. Ea -'e; img, J. K. Snelling, H. D. Calhoun. <. W. Man. ville and Charlie Brown. Mr. Patterson wa_» the eldest son of the late Congressman J. O. Pa'ter- son. lie was 41 year- of age, being bom 1'ebinarv 25th, RGl.i On April he married - Mis The Randolph Relief Fund—Miss nriie I ichlsev. Our Kx Pre-idcnt’- Pin Mist^Edv- e Lorye. Jetfer-nn Dav : s Highway Mrs. VV. fiyles. . Bonks for F ireign Libraries—Mrs. M. Greene: " V\ •! r Bet ween . L. Wragg. 22. 11)01 Hagood. Tiiis m ion was blessed with five ebildrii). fFiive <f,whom an now E-telle ...mf Blackville, April 21.—It will be ^ source of regret to his little friends to learn that Master Audrey Still had the misfortune to get his nose broken Tuesday evening while playing with his new hat and baseball with his friend, Joe Halford, Jr. Audrey was pitching and Joe was batting, the ball hitting the little fellow on the nose. He is doing fine and did not seem to suffer a great deal from the injury. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Oakman, Jr., of Charleston, visited friends in Black ville Saturday. Mrs. Oakman is a re cent bride and will be rememberejj as Miss Carrie Lee Hartzcg, of the Go- van community. After spending the winter with her daughter in Pensacola, Fla., Mrs. Spann Hammond is spending some time with her two sons, Dr. O. I). Hammond, of Blackville, and Mr. Jas. Hammond, of Columbia, and other rel atives iri Blackville. The continued poor health of Mrs. Ellen Izlar is a source of regret to her many friends. The exercises rendered by the chib dren of the Methodist Sunday School Sunday afternoon were very much en joyed by the audienee. An attractive feature of the services was a lovely vocal solq by. Mrs. Harry Rich. One of the most important social affairs of the season was the celebra tion of Mr. Henry VV. Jones’ birthday at the home of his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ellen C. Jones, last Thursday evening. His many friends hope he will enjoy many more important and delightful celebrations like this. Mr Jones is a Veteran of the War Be tween the States, arid as the poet Wrote, so we think of Mr. Jones’ age: “We are twenty, we are twenty, who says we are more? He is tipsy, young jack-an-apes, show him the door." A crate of Florida oranges sent to Mrs. Ellen Izlar recently seemed to hold out like t-he~“widow’s ril,” the way she divided them among her neighbors, and, as the little boy- around here say, “Ah-m, boy! they sho’ wuz good!" The 1 rummage sale given by the Junior Aid Society of the MethodisJ Church Saturday afternoon brought them in quite a nice little sum. Miss Ella Jarvis, of New York, who has been.the guest <>f Mr-. Jim Ham mond. has returned home. Mrs: O. D. Hammond is, at home again after a visit to her parents in Darlington. Mr.'and Mrs. Ernest Rhode n and family, of Swansea, visited Mr. GeiT. T. SDH Sunday. ! The Kei. L. H. Miller is conducting i th WHERE THE “AD” PAYS t 4 . . AND WHERE IT DOESN’T One step won t take you far, You’ve got to keep on walking. .One word won’t tell folk who you f ■ * ' are, You’ve got to kcjep on talking. One inch won’t make you very tall, You’ve got to keep on growing, One little ad won’t do it all, - YouVe got to keep them going. Because A constant drop of- water wears away the hardest stone, The constant gnawing towser mas- wr ticates the toughest bone, The constant cooing lover carries off the blushing maid, And the constant advertiser is the one that gets the trade. CONGRESSMAN Mc.MILLAN TO BE ORATOR OF THE DAY. Will Be Introduced by Judge J. Henry Johnson.—Epworth Orphanage Band Will Play. CAR OF POULTRY FROM BARNWELL AIKEN ALSO CONTKIBC'TES TO EXTENSIVE SALE. Several Thousand Pounds of Fowls Loaded at Blackville and Willis--_ ton Last Week. That the poultry business on a lar ge scale has reached this section of the State was evidenced last week when a large number of farmers pas sed through this city en route to Bla ckville and Williston with chickens, turkeys, etc., to help make up a car load of poultry. The success of the experiment is due ty the energetic- spirit of I). D. Whitcomb, marketing specialist, extension division of Clem- son College; Miss Willie Mae Vann, home demonstration agent of Barn well County, and Harry G. Boylston, county demonstration agent of Barn well County, as a result of which a carload of poultry was .-hipped from Salley, Blackville, Williston and Aik en. — J > ; - The car Started in Salley with a to tal of 2,652 pounds of poultry, then stopped, in Blackville and took in 3,- „ , . . - ... , . \ , , Roberts in furnishing his 300 pounds of hens, 419 pounds of , . , , ! . , , a ... ~ _ . .. . ... highly lappreciated. 1 »- Olar, April 21.—Congressman T. S, McMillan will be the orator of the day at the 49th annual celebration of tho Rivers’ Bridge Memorial a"ml Monu mental Association on the 8th day of May. This is the largest annual gath ering in lower South Carolina and is always looked forward to by people of the surrounding counties and most es pecially by the few remaining Con federate heroes and heroines of Dixie. The memorial grounds are about a half mile from the historic Rivers’ Bridge, at which place on Feb. 2, 1865, approximately 300 men of the 32nd and 47th Georgia regiments held back and prevented for 24 hours about 10,- 000- soldiers of Sherman's army from crossing the Saltkehatchie, and when keeping tfienii hack longer was impos- sihle, the Gcjirgians successfully re treated. Forty-nine years ago the bodies of the Confederates who were killed in this skirmish were exhumed by a few local citizens and buried in one grave in a shady grove near Rivers’ Bridge and a suitable monument was erected to their memory. It was there and then that this association was organ ized for the purpose of honoring and perpetuating the memory of these and other Confederate dead. The committee^ made a wise choice in the selectiolp of Congressman Mc Millan as.orator for the occasion. He is a native of this section, having been born and reared at Ulmer. He has hundreds of friends and admirers who will flock to Rivers’ Bridge memorial grounds on May .8th to hear “Tom" speak. The Congressman will be in troduced by another native son of Al lendale County, who has won distinc tion and who numbers his friends by the hundred—Judge J. Henry John son, of Allendale. Another feature of this occasion that will add to the enjoyment of the thousands of listeners is that the in strumental music will be furnished by the Epworth Orphanage band, of Co lumbia. These boys are talented mu sic makers and the kindness of Supt. band ia living. He was admitted to the Bar i while quite- a young man and jo u tic- the song service in a, protracted moot ed his chosen profession in partner- Jug with the Rev. O'Kelley in Den-. Rule* for Awarding Loan Scholar- lips Mr- ; . D. D. Salley. Old Bu, iness. New Business', Ehvtion of Direitnr. — *• Invitations. Resolutions of Than ks- Mrs. R. B. Hendricks. Mrs. T. W. Boo khart and Mrs. F. G. Asbill. “God hr ■ with you till we meet a train. Adjournment. Bundle of Clothes Excites Suspicion ship'with his father. He was recog nized as a lawyer of ability and en joyed a lucrative practice. In addi-j -tion .he jp 1 >p engaged - extensively ia ; •farming. He was a member of the i * • i BarnWell Methodist Church and of j ■ several fraternal organizations; in all ! of-which he took an active interest. Perhaps his most striking charae- j tion, vvas-a visitor in mark. Folks from hero are manifest ing quite an intere-t in the meeting, some going every day. Mrs. T. O.' Boland end family mo tored to Orangeburg cvoral days ago to visit Mrs. Charlie Wilson, who is quite ill in the hospital there. Mr. Breck Breeland. of the Olar sec- 1 -evera! teristic wa> his devotion to his family j day< ago. Elect Delegates to District Convention I In pursuance to a call issued by Dr. W. ('. Smith, of Williston, chairman for this district, a number of Barn well County members of the cotton as sociation met at the Court House here Friday morning for the purpose of electing two delegates to Hie District Convention at Bamberg on Friday of this week, the 24th"rrst. Messrs. W. E. Prothro. of Williston, and R. E. Woodward, of Rosemary- township, were chosen as delegates. The meet-| irig at Bamberg is for the purpose of nominating one ^or more candidates for director. Dr. Smith’s call was is sued in compliance with a request by Harpld C. Bookei4 of Columbia, secre tary of the association, Mack v ilk and his loyalty to his friends. This j I-r lends -0fMiSi_M. 1 . fanning will they, have .as a priceless heritffge of j regret to learn that she _ was more one who L not dead but has merely painfully hurt . than was at first passed on to that realm of boundless thought, from the automobile accident peace, for “there is m^death." j ^e was ; in last Saturday afternoon. I It is hard to realize that his genial J She is-sfill confined to her home and countenance will be'segn no more by mortal men that hi< pleasant, smile and hearty handclasp will never again cheer those with whom he came in contact. It is also hard for his loved ones to understand why he .-ho^ld be Mrs. F. J. Attaivay and Mrs. Gen. Some excitement was cau-ed Sun day by the finding of a bundle of women’s wearing apparel irf a ditch that drains into Peters* Pond, on .thy . Rlackville-Elko highway, a short 'distance West of Blackville. The find was rriride by Mr. J. Croft, who*.-reported the matter to the au thorities for investigation. The clothes consisted of a skirt, sweater, coat,’ under-garments, a nurse’s chp. At first ill was feared that there had been foul play arid a careful search was made.ghe waters of the pond be ing «-d ragged for some distance. No body nor any clue to a possible crime was discovered, however, and Sheriff Dyches is of the opinion that the bundle was thrown or lost from a jtersjm, 111, and Miss Sarah Patter- passing automobile or passenger train, s on; two sisters, Mesdames S. B. as the spe where the clothes were Mo-eley aid Ralph Smith, and four found \va* about half-way between brothers, Messrs.. J.cW. Patterson, the highway - and the tracks of the Angus B. Patterson and R. A. Pat-j # cterson, nig Barnwell, and Dr. E. L.! is suffering a g^id deal, which is a source of regret to ner many friends. Miss Altman, who was also injured at the -lime, time, is getting along very well. * - c - Attaivay Banlw"! taken from them, but they are consol- H. Buist, of Bartlw'-ll. were visitors ed.by the knowledge that “Go j moves here Thursday. in a mysterious way His wonders to Mr. Allison l-ickling is erecting a perform." Peace to his ashes. ! handsome brick hVnc on the same .. •- - ,. .spot where his other pretty home was Mr. Patterson is survived bv his 1 . ■ i m t i .i * burned last winter, wife, three children, Mrs. J. Arthur) ^ ^ , 1 . f , vi i la . Mrs. Carrie Dychos spent the w-eek- kennedv. of Williston, Mr. J. 0. Pat-1 . _ , , , . , end in Denmark, where she visited her sister, Mrs. Irene Rush. Mrs. S. S. Ray and Rj^p^ Clifford and Starling, of Denmark, were vis itors in Blackville Friday afternoon. roosters, 70 pounds of broilers and 43 pounds of turkeys. The car was in Williston all day Friday and collected 2,701 pounds of hens, 260 pounds of roosters and lx pounds of turkeys. This was the first carload shipment of poultry in either Aiken or Barnwell County and was a decided success. The cat was bought Iv^the Southern Produce and Commission Company, of Hamlet, N. C. H. C. Anthony, ore of the member* of the firm, was with the ear, lending hi- efficient seuvice to the shippers. He stated that this load of poultry was the finest that he has handled out of South Caroijmi, with the exception of cais from Darliiigten Counties. As aniKTtriiced in The People a short time ago, Mr. Boylstori expeeis to ship another car from this county in the near future, to be loaded at Dunbarton Barnwell; Hilda and Denmark and routed over the Atlantic (•oaat Line Railroa.d. Mr. Boylston. in commenting on the success of the shipment, said; “Everybody was well pleased with the prin^ received. Broilers' word sold for 140 cents per pound; large fryers fol 30 cents, Ik in. for 24 cents arid turkeys for 25 cents. Approxi- matelv $1,60.0 worth o r chickens was ■j-T—’■* ‘sold at the- two loading points in Barnwell County. Seventy-two dif ferent people sold poultry at Black ville and 59 at Wiliston. From the success that has been had with this on<\ it seems that it will be necessary for us to continue the se car lot ship- meMs as often a< surnlus requires it." highly japprecu The 1 program will also consist of several vocal selections by the Bam berg Choral Club. The invocation will he offered bjr the* Rev. J. Walter Daniel, I). D., chap lain of the association. Most of the schools of this section will observe this as a holiday and they and the local U. I). C. chapters are expected to furnish flowers to decor ate the rostrum and the grave. The lady friends- will bring well- filled baskets of delicious edibles and an old time picnic dinner will be served oh the grounds. Plans to Establish Country Club Here ,, , ,. , The Joseph Koger Chapter; D. A. Southern Railway. s ' ^raon,^ HarnweU. and Dr h L. R wafi (lclif?htfullv ont ertained by The Sheriff brought thj* bundle to /atterson, of New \ ork, wh^ have | ^ Wna j ohnson< of WilH?ton , Barnwell and the owner can get s'amd Die sincere sympathy of scores of Tupsdav afternoon. The Roll Call by describing the contents. i' D-itqt(trintlieiT'deep’’l)eT^Tivemerif. Mr. J'.- B. Dunbar, of Millettville, | was a business visitor here Monday— \ -=—1 was answ-ered w-ith gleanings from Continental Congress. An interest- G. L. Hill Appointed i Red Oak Magistrate i • . ^ s - The office of Magistrate for Red Oak township has been re-created and Mr. George L. Hill, of Snelling, has been - appointed as Magistrate, his commission beinj? received last week, j This office was atroHshed several ‘ years ago, Mr. Hill being the incum- EIGHT) bent at that time. A movement is being Ds'cred by Mr. S. B. Moseley, »f this city, t» e-tablish the Barnwell Country Clul» and when seen by a representative of The Peord • this week Mr. Moseley seprried very optomistic about the outlook. He is having the two-story office building on ;he old Beinwell Sawmill Company’s ]'roperty, now owned by him, thoroughly renovated and repaired and altered .to -uit the needs oL such an organi '.ation. A shed has been bu :: t for automobiles, the property has^een enclosed with a substantial fence and other neces- sary work done to ir.suie“"t4ve pleasure and comfort of the meml^is-. i Mr. Moseley plans to install one or more billiard tables now and a bowl ing alley this fall. Other forms of amusement will he provided for the members, including Dap-shooting. Once a month a big “blow-out" will be given for the ladies and Mr* Mose ley also .suggested that the clubhouse would probably be used by fthem from time to timd for impromtu bridge parties.' „ 1 The formal opening of the club will prbbably be held some time next week. I — • • W Mrs. Kate Rouse, of Florence, at tended the funeral of J. 0. Patterson, Esq., Tuesday.