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« CELEBRATION AT RIVER’S BRIDGE C. G. EDWARDS OF GEORGIA TO MAKE ADDRESS. ' ______ ' ' Three Congressmen to Be Present on Occasion of 51st Annual Cele- • bration April 29th. Olar, April 18.—Congressman Chap. G. Edwards, of Savannah wfll deliver the principal address at the 61st an nual Rivers’ Bridge Memorial cele bration Friday, April 29th. This wilT be a great day for the people of this flection of the State, it being the largest annual affair of its kind in the lower pant of South Carolina. The tremendous crowds that gather at % the memorial grounds year after year is sufficient testimony of the regard held for the brave heroes who wore the gray. The Confederate men who partici pa ted in this skirmish February 2, 1865, about 300 in unmber, were from Georgia. Remarkable, it was, that these few men prevented about 10,000 Northerners from crowing the Salko hatchie for a period of 36 hours, and then when their purpose was no longer possible, retreated with a very small casualty list. The wounded were ten derly cared for by the good women rf the ocmmunity in their hemes, while the dead were buried in scatter ing graves in an old field near the bat *.1? site. It wax 51 years ago thit these bodies were exhumed and placed , in one grave in a nearby grove of oaks and pines. The association was then organized and has met annually ever since. To do honor to the brave Georgians who fought there, a great sen our sister State has been chosen to de liver the address this year. Mr. Ed wards ia an orator of distinction, and is highly recognised in congress. He will be introduced by Congressman Thomas S. McMillan, who was born and rear ad at Ulmers, a few miles from the memorial grounds. It will also be a treat to have Congressman Butler B. Hare of this district present to deliver the addre<« of greeting. Vocal music for the occasion will be furnished by a male quartet from the Bamberg Choral club, and a solo by ycung Claude Starr Wright, the distinguished boy vocalist of Colum bia. Instrumental musk has been well provided for in securing Smith’s orchestra of Fairfax. At the conclusion of the program a bountiful picnic dinner will be served. Dr. L. A. Hartzog of Olar is presi dent and Capt. J. W. Jenny, of Fair fax, is secretary of th6 association. They would be glad to hear from any veteran from a distance who expects to be present. ■ ■ .iff.',-. -V jv’ 1 . St I ■: a*ipp WHiKBiH |§ ^MgBBpr j | Wwm , \ x > ■. mmmai ■ i J, k }.. , % % Jssm ^ $ f f m mmmm , XV -f Stores to Close at Six-thirty. The People-Sentinel has been re quested to publish the following notice in regard to the closing of a number of the stores of the city at 6:30 o’clock: We, the undersdgned merchants of Barnwell do hereby agree to begin dosing our stores at 6:30 o’clock on April 18th, 1927, for the Stunmer months: B. Mazursky, Lennon Bros., Inc. ■ L. Gohen, Weiner Brothers, H. Antopolsky, Carrie A. Cave, Farmers Union Mar. Ca C. F. Mkriair, Creighton’s Dept. Store, Inc. Courtesy of The State. Miss Helen Wragg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. L. Wragg, of Black- rille, whose marriage Wednesday ev ening, April 20th, to William LeRoy Molair, of Barnwell, xircle of friends. was a social event of cordial interest to . wide Wants Cans Returned. G. W. N. Brown, superintendent of the Orangeburg Station of the Bureau of Fisheries, states that the elution is badly handicapped again this year because of the failure of those who (receive fish to return the cans prompt ly. He requests that anyone having these cans in his possession return flame promptly. He calls atlontiou to the fact that the cans are tagcod and no transportation chargee are to be paid- Just band them to the bag gageman at the depot or to the poat- mseter. . In the future* Mr. Brown urges that all appHennto for fish se- tarn the cans aa soon as they art FinalReport of. the Christinas Seal Sale With the final report* of thei Christ mas Seal Sale frem all corners of the State at last in hand, the South Caro- Kn Tuberculcwto Association announ ces that the total sale amounted to $35,216.46, surpassing the goal set by over $200.00, end exceeding the highest sale previously made by $1,- 000.000. Sumter and Darlington led the counties with a par capita sale of .064 and .061 respectively. The county with no local association mak ing the highest per capita sale w» Georgetown, the banner county last year also, with .037. The following report khows the sale by counties: Abbeville, $127.43; Aiken, $487.76; Allendale, $158.34; Anderson, $1,- 486.17; Bamberg, $200.93; Barnwell, $369.48; Beaufort, $135.29; Berkeley, $310.82; Calhoun, $90.81; Charleston, $4260.86; Cherokee, 550.00; Chester, $1100.00; Chesterfield, $542.15; Gar endon, $207.60; Colleton, $182.18; Darlington, $2103.84; Dillon, $407.64; Dorchester $989.21; Edgefield $187.45; Fairfield, $336.84; Florence, $610.00; Georgetown, $801.00; Greenville, $1,- 517.88; Greenwood, $100.00; Hamp ton, $102.50; Horry, 330.59; t Jasper, $170.50; Kershaw, $366.72; Lancaster, $394.69; Laurens, $342.97; Lee, $334.00; Lexington, $647.03; McCor mick, $94.74; Marion, $280.82; Marl boro, $189.62; Newberry, $546.27; Octonee, $249.26; Orangeburg, $1,- 824.81 ;Pickens, $300.67; Richland, $3,- 720.62; Saluda, $268.70; Spartanburg, $2,965.00; Sumter, $2,467.00; Union, $660.00; Williamsburg, $209.00; York, *606.24. • - , " Knights of Pythias Memorial Services The members of Barnwell Lodge, No. 16, Knights of Pythias, will hold their annual memorial service in the Barnwell Baptist Church Sunday af ternoon at 4:30 o’clock. The Rev. J. B. Css ten, of Bamberg, will deliver the sermon and a special program of musk has been arranged by the ladies of the several churches. The public is cordially invited to attend. The members of the lodge will as semble in Castle Hall at 3:00 o’clock, at which time committees will place flowers upon the graves of departed brethren in ( the various churchyards of the city. The Knights will then march in a body to the church. A full attendance of members is re quested. CROFT-BAXLEY MARRIAGE. » Some Lives Lost.—Property Damage to the Extent of Millions.—Flood at a Glance. ^ April 18.—The oemnous rise of the Mississippi and its tributaries surged tonigftt to a steadily increasing threat to the great Delta valley as ite in habitants fought valiantly to stem the relentless overflow, which al ready has wrought immeasurable havoc in parts of seven States. • With at least % dozen persons be lieved dead, thousands homeless and damage to the fertile land, crops, live stock and hemes mounting into mil- . ligps, the river States found little encouragement in a forecast of more ram on the upper reaches of the Mls- akstppi, promising additions! heights to record crest* lashing at the levees all along the stream. Hourly reports told of man-made barriers breaking under the pteaaur* of boiling currents, sending swirling overflows into thousands of acres of bottom lands while relieving the strain at other points. - As volunteer and conscript worked side by side t stave off the mighty tides, National Guardsmen and pri vate watchmen patrolled the levees in many localities to prevent'sabotage by residents seeking to protect their sides of streams at the expense of the others. Summed up tonight, developments during the past 24 hours, showed the flood situation »s follows: Levees broke at a score or more points along White, Arkansas, and St. Francis rivers i n Arkansas, where greatest distress and must extensive ruin noted. Fort Smith water supply cut off and shortage feared. Hun dreds of homes - entered by flood waters in North Little Rock. Towns of England, Altheimer, Keo and Knowlton threatened. Many have taken refuge on the levee tops, the only dry spots in sight for miles in numerous areas. Refugee camps crowded in Arkan sas, Missouri, Mississippi and Ken tucky. Red Cross estimates *t least 25,000 driven from their homes by flood waters. Yazoo Delta threatened as Mis aissippi lapped at topb of levees along front of several hundred miles in Miaaiastppi. , Breaks in levees between St. Louis and Cairo, Itt* checked rising of Miasms tppi. Still higher stages predicted by Memphis weather bureau as upstream flood waters move southward; Wash ington forecast more tain in parts of Oklahoma and Arkansas. Levees above New Orleans reported in good condition by federal engi neers. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Croft announce the manage of their daughter, Mar tha America, to Etheridge Baxley, of Elko, which waa solemnized Friday af ternoon, April 15th, at HeslHig Springs, the Rev. D. W. Heckle per forming the ceremony. Bamberg Wins Again. * wwfliflflm'ma. Bamberg Hi defeated Barnwell Hi again Tuesday afternoon on the local diamond inninth inning rally, 16 to 6. With the score 5 to 2 in favor of Barnwell, the visitors launched an assault on the pitcher and when the smoke had cleared away 14 runa had been' scored. Dorchester Man Wounded. i George Kaizer was shot and badly wounded Saturday afternoon by J. J. .Bolton at a filling station a t Rosin ype, six miles from St. George. Five fbuHJets took effect, two in the artn and the others in the region of the stomach. The wounded men was carried to a hcapital in WaHerboro, and it is said that the outcome of his wounds could not be determined for several (Jays. Bolton, whose face is badly scarred and who has a bad wound in the head, was lodged in tip Dorchester County jail. Both men sow married. Advertise in The Foople-Sentinel. Asparagus Returns Are Satisfactory Decal farmers me very much pleased with the returns they are receiving on shipments of asparagus this season. The price started off at a very high figure, due to the early season, but very sattafactory prices are being paid at this time, it is said. One fanner stated to a representative of The People-Sentinel Saturday that already this season he hag shipped al most as many dtates of “grass” as he did in 1926, when he cut about 1,500 crates. He estimates that he will dear about $4,000 this season. He has 50 acres planted, but said that half of lus cutting was dona on only ten acres. This grower is planning to add to his acreage next year. Ftom what can be loamed, the acreage in this immediate section will /be greatly increased next year, many farmers are planting seed for crowns this-year,- while others have placed orders with growers for crogns. One and two carloads have been shipped from Barnwell daily this year and quite a tot has also been shipped by express. When the new acreage comes into production it is believed that thia city will rival the older shipping points in carload shipments. ' At the jwfaairt. time, Willioton is the asparagus center, Blackville the cucumber center and Banjwtl the watermelon canter of the county and the prediction is made that in a very few years, cotton toll be a secondary crop in Barnwell County. The People-Sentinel publish ed some figures last week ahowtag that already the county’s truck mope •mount to half as much as the vault of the cotton crop. Groat strides are being made atone thia Una—and ft ia believed that the day ia not far distant whan low-priced gotten toll not cause such distress to the farmers. Death of Aagaa P. Dicks. LOST CONTROL 07 MOTORCYI ON ipGIfWAY.I- Said to Hava Been Traveling at High Rata of Speed at the Time- Heed Splft Opes. G. M. Holley, formerly nf this city but lately a resident of Savannah, G*., waa instantly MUad Tuesday morning about 11:30 o’clock on the Barnwell - AUendaU highway, about tix miles south of this city, whan tbo motorcycle he Waa riding collided head-on with a lumber true];. TW, im pact of the coiliatott threw young Hol ley against one of the supports of the v track’s cab. His head waa spUt open and Ms brains and pieces of bis skuU were scattered over the truck and along the highway. Holley waa still astride the motorcycle, which was entangled with the track, whe i other travelers arrived at the acene. Relatives ware notified of th4 dis tressing accident and the young man’s body was removed to the Boom of his unde at KHne. It ia understood that the truck was driven by a young white man named Blume, of Allendale. He stated that Holley was traveling a t a high rate*of speed, probably 66 or 60 miles aa hour, a nd lost dontrol of the motor cycle when he struck some drift sand in the highway. No blame Is attach ed to the truck driver, who It Is said,, was on the right aide of the However, he has asked that aa U beheld. # Halley, who is the youngest eon of the late Hoys Holley, of this county, tree on a vie* to Us uneis, M. M. Holley, of Kites. Ha is wall known bare, whale ha lived for a number of months several roars ago. He la doe, of Orangeburg, and two 1 Belton HoBay. of neui Leon Hatley, of Allendale, who have the sympathy of many friands In the untimely death of their brother. His body was laid to rest yesterday (1 The Augusta Sunday papera carried a story of the death to that city Fri day of Angus P. Dicks, 75 yeara old, former resident <qf this county. . The deceased is sarvived by Jds widow, Mrs. Sarah Octave Dicks; by one Aon, E. P. Dicks, of Haphsibah, Ga.; by two daughters, Mrs. L. W Hitt, of BerselU. Ga., and Mra. Goo. J. Salyarda, of Atlanta; by two brothers, A. E. Dicks and F. H. Dicks, of Duritoston, 8. C.; by 18 grandchil dren and four great grandchildren. Angus P. Dicks wan born in Barn writ County, on April Li, 1862, a son of Mr. and Mn. W Ml tom Dicks. .Ha was engaged to the hotel business in Augusta and for many yeara had bean proprietor of the Dicks hotel, and had made many friends throughout this section. He was a member of thei ff® 116 ® W * M First Baptist church, Augusta. Bamberg Defeats Barnwell The Bamberg high school baseball team defeated the Barnwell high school team on the former’s diamond Friday afternoon, 10 to 2. Barnwell made both rune to the. first toning. The hitting ctf the Bamberg boys and the errors on the part of the visitors were seapoaaiMe tar the big score. Notice. Will the party with whom I left toy watch on the night of March 12th, at Deaeon’e Drug Store kindly re turn same to me, ; JOHN GARY OWENS. 1* .V« Greatest Natural Highimy in the World . needay) morning at 11:30 o' the Siloam Churchyard, city. -» Forecast Heavier 11/ M weevu to this than te Boll Carolina it greater this yarn 1926, if the test trim* at is indicative of euadlUuus out the State, .according to a from the U. 8. Bureau of at Tallulah, La. Frier to April 1, 1924, at Floreaee .03 weevils had emerged; la par cant; in Ifltt, .04 par this year 1.51 psr cent had The repoft, ■i* Carolina, three hi in A litonau and . points to Mtostssipp to Louisiana, somewhat tost y®ar this year at one point to Texas, one hi Georgia, one in Ttoitotans sad cm to Mtoatarffri. At one point to Miss issippi no weevil emerged either ia 1926 or 1027. Comparing the records of this' year with those of 1026, am- ergence waa greater this year at one point to Texas, two in North Carolina, one to Alabama and tarn to Louisiana and greater in 1025 at one place in Sooth Carolina, one in GeorgU add one in Louisiana. No weevils emerg ed either in 1026 or this year et one point in Mississippi. Records hr past yeans at Tallulah, La., sfaoW that a verge of about 17 per cant, of the total emergence for the eeaeon is completed prior to April 1. At most potato, weather conditions were more favorable for weevil emer- than during the period loot year. It is too predict the final emssysaci, hat tt to