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XUBBk.IT .-la-. , . .... WJL Barnwell 50 and 25 Years Ago. latcrestinK Itema Gleaned From the Files of The Barnwell People. V May 10, 1883. Tliere were no Sheriff’s sales on Honday. A mad dog wa H killed on Saturday ml Jesse Sanders’ mill, three miles from town. Married, at Buford’s Bridge on the 4th inst., Dr. N. F. Kirkland, Jr., and Mis* Galluchat. Gov. Hagood has sold a three months -/Ad Jersey bull calf to Mr. W. T. Walker for fifty dollars. Ma^or G. B. Lartigue was offered a hundred dollars an acre cash for a port of his place near Blackville last week and like a wise rnan refused it. Watermelon futures are booming in Williston. Uncle Allen Weathers- bee ha s bought out several farmers at four cents apiece for all melons weigh ing over ten pounds. The latest raj I road rumor i a that Use Barnwell Railroad is to be extend er to Walterboro. It will pass through » splendid section of country and from what we have leauned it is likely to be built. Sale day was dull as a Quaker meeting. Thirty-two persons came in from the country to attend it. Among the number were three horse swappers but not a single trade was made. The first mad dog of the season put In an appearance on Saturday. Numerals shots were fired at him bat his own speed and the had aim of the marksmen enabled him to es- -cape. A war on worthless curs is now in order. Messrs. P. W. Farrell and J. P. O’Neill are rival gardeners in Black- ville The former has onions four in- che, in diameter and the latter Irish potst'e* as large as one’s fist. We noiTgest the selection of Col. Sam Turner as umpire tp decide who has been most successful. May 7, 1908 Judge T. S. Dunbar has been elect or President of the Ellentcn Farmers Club. Friday was the coldest day of May since 1872, when ice was fermed from the mountains to the sea. Monday’s County Conventions as sured the sending of a Bryan delega tion from this State^lto the national c-nveption. April went out like„a lion. The high wind and flying sand did much harm to tender crops in general and to cantaloupe and watei melon vines in particular. In a recent morning ride Faitner Moleir showed Ug s mething new under the Barnwell sun, a cassava plant that seems at home in Saltke- r batchie soil. Last week’s cold winds killed much cotton, especially that which had been hoed to a stand. Some fields were so injured that planting over was necessary. And many needed baundant replanting. “The noblest Romans of them all,” Chief Justice T. S. Dunbar and Capt. J. Wyman Jenny have been delegates to the Democratic County Convention since 1876. And their interest in the public weal is a g true hearted and unselfish now as in the troubled.years. Such men are exemplars of the high est civic virtues. We learn from Aiken, via. Edge- field, that our young brother Byrnes has escape^ from the press gang and will no longer do time editorially on the Journal and Review. It is in no sense a falling from grace, but rather a foreseeing of the futute that has warned him to get out of the brick yar ( i before his youth is tired and the flowers and fruits of life are gather ed by others and gone beyond his grasp. Congratulations to him. Many Bills Await j formerly. Raising the age limit to 14 years Scions’ Attention for peraens who may legally operate Over Two Hundred and Fifty Now 4Mi Calendars of Two Houaes of General Assembly melons over a large area. In some sections the loss of crops was com plete, fields being rtvept clean of every vestige of vegetation, accord ing to reports of persons who visited the storrp. area. Trees were denuded of foliage and even the bark was beaten from the branches by the hail stones, which some sections reported w’ere as large as hen eggs. Th^ sterm, which assumed tornado proportions, tore across Hampton and Colleton Counties also, leaving destruction in its w’ake, though fortu nately no lives were lost as was the case in the (Piedmont section of the State Friday, when 17 persons were killed. , Brunson, May 8—The second tor nado within four day s struck South Carolina early today "and cut a 30- mile swath threugh the state, but unlike its predecessor of last Friday, which killed 17 persons, took no lives. The property damage was great The twister struck first near here ami reared along to near Walterboro, destroying flight buildings and un roofing houses on its two-mile wide path. Following the wind, rain and hail fell and fruit trees, corn, cot ton and ether crops in the affected area were damaged. Estill, in the lower section of Hampton county, reported hailstones, which fell there, were as large as hen eggs. M. H. O’Neal, field representativj of the Agricultural Credit corp^Mi- ticn, said after a survey of the/area struck by the tornado that/ 7 many farmers had lost their entire crops. Birds were killed by the hail, potato bed s beaten down and/w-atertnelons ruined. By chance the tynster’s path was through a sparsely settled section. It did not strike Brunson or Walter boro, and many of the dwellings which it hit were/Unused tenant houses. "Take it from me^here’s the finest car that ever cut motoring costs.’ “// believe you. It’s got everything I took for in a motor car." Get the most from \ ■% *'■ AT THE LOWEST COST, PER MILE ■O While there art* probably thou- an automobile on the state highways. The former minimum was 12 years. Legalizing the sale anywhere at any time by anyone to anyone of' 3.2 per cent, beer, ale*, wines and similar fermented l»eyert#g*s. Providing relief of the real estate aouMis of South Caralinians who will ^ mortgagor from / deficiency judg- coeitwid that the general assembly ( ment in foreclosures to the extent pow, it is hiped, about to adjourn for of the true value of the mortgaged the summer, has not accomplished property. / very much, citizens who have kept Fixing tl>^ weight of trucks and daily in touch with the legislature semi-traile/ truck* at 20,000 pounds, <anno: deny but that the lawmakers with regulations also as to length, have labored. The me miter's have met mornings, width end height. On Hunting Turkeys, nights end occasionally in the attei-' Fixing the open season for hunt- norms. indeed, as W. P. Lewis, mem- in^ male wild turkeys from Thanks- ber from Horry said, “We have sat giving Ij March 1, wi:h a closed sea- up with South Carolina" often urv* son, for three years, on female wild ti! late at night. / j turkeys. Scones of b:ll* have been ijnro-] Ptoviding for the renewal of thuvd and sonnq 4f»0 have reached teachers’ certificates for teachers of Governor Blackw>od. On th^ senate ^ the common and high schools with out attendance upon summer school. Exempting whole milk drinks from the soft drink tax. Regulating <ale and purchase of eggs and baby chicks. cplentbir for last Friday Were 155 bills »nd resolutions; all of these awaited consideration. /Some had been passed by the l\8u*e and sent over to the senate—others were measures introduced in the senate and not yet sent ^rom that body to tb» Jivuse. On. the house calendar laat Friday thy4e were L58 bill* and resolutions—awaiting attention. From these figures—450 bili s sent to the ^dvernor for his signature; 15C bill/ on the senate calendar and 138 ory the house calendar, it can be seen/that the members have been turning out bill s in volume. One. hou si Providing for uniformity cf diplo mas issued gradiAtes of accredited high schools in South Carolina-. — Authorizing the governor to as sume control of the bank s in South Carolina. Ratifying certain action of the banks of the state in carying out a proclamation of the governor. Prohibiting the locking of persons in buildings and thereby endanger- sc member ahne has introduced ing their lives by fire. This Rad /■wne 45 bills sinoe January 10— others have introduced ten or 20 and some few not more than foiir or five. Of course many of the bills on the calendars of the two houses will be carried over until next year. The end Ihe sessions seems approaching, 'thuugb lime of adjournment depends largely on the action of the senate on the yeneral appropriations bill, Finally approved by the house last -Friday, Yarfety of Laws. Some 450 bills have been approved if (Governor Blackwood and & r e now tor bur of the state. A vast major ity oif these law g have to do with teoortj affairs—school districts, vot- mug places, election of game wardens, toad iJBues, county offices, payment county taxes—and a multiplicity off tithef matters. They refer, ordi narily, only to one county, and are msnaDy passed with little opposition, arnicas a “split” develop^, in a dele- aome member wanting otoe tthirig und others another. Among the more important state- 'wride bills, already passed and signed by toe governor are the following: Changing the fiscal year of the state, so that it begins July 1 of smith year instead of January 1 as particular reference to night work in textile mills. Abolishing the state warehouse de partment. — i Regulating the broadcasting of athletic events in the institutions of higher learning in the state. Making it a felony to receive or attempt to take money under threat of kidnaping. Creating a revolving fund of $30,- 000 for the department of agricul ture. Giving a borrowing shareholder of any mutual building and lean asso ciation all the rights and benefits pertaining to non-borrowing members of such associations. — ■ •m m ^ Hail Storm Strikes in Allendale County Oops Over Large Area Damaged or Destroyed in Hampton nnd Col leton Counties Also. A disastrous hailst:rm, which be- firan at a point near Appleton, swept through Allendale County Sunday night and damagod or destroyed crops cf corn, cotton, cucumber, and water- \Valt</boro, May 8.—As a result of a Severe hail stoim which passed ovey a large part of the ccunty last night about 11 o’clock, farm crcp* over 50 square miles have been either destioyed or vey badly dam aged. The area lies west of Walter boro and is bounded by highways Nos. 17 and 64. It extends about ten miles west of highway No. 64 with a center along highway No. 63, leading from Walterboro to Hampton, Hril we* lying in heaps as late as 10 o’clock this morning. Cotton crops were practically ruined, the estimate being 75 per cent. loss. Corn if beat en down, but will come out, it is thought. Melons, gardens, oats and other crops are almost a complete loss. The wind s tornado force and many trees were blown down and a number of buildings dam aged. The loss in the section i s esti mated at from $25,000 to $75,000. M. S. Stackhcu.-e, farm loan agent, ami L. W. Alfotd, county agent, af ter making a survey of the territory, are advising replanting most < f the cotton crops. Mr. Stackhouse has psked fer cotton seed from the Re construction Finance Corporation. Assistant State Agent Floyd will be in the county tomorrow to make an investigation. Howell Is Heard at Memorial Exercises Walterboro Lawyer Praiseg Demo- cratic Leadership in Speech at River's Bridge. Bamberg, May 5.—Madison H. Howell, of Walterboro, told the River’s Bridge Monumental and Mem orial ass ciation today that the Demo- cr'atic party has always saved Ameri- ea in crises and that it now will do so again under guidance of President Roosevelt. Howell’s /address was a feature of the fifty-seventh annual memorial ex ercises at River’s bridge, where a small Confederate force checked the advance of a vastly superior Union army during the War Between the States. The speaker declared that “Amer ica cannot return to normal condi tions until the people are imbued wdth the principles impelling Confederate soldier s to fight to the last ditch in the face of overwhelming odds. He contrasted the moral characteristics of the Confederate soldier with the character istics general today, declar ing that greed, avarice, political de gradation and materialisltic inclina tions were foreign to the Old Soutli. The audience at today’s exercises included people from many counties and several states. DuriAg the after noon, Mrs. Dora Dee Walker, under whose! supervision the memorial grounds have been created a com munity center, addressed the woman’s auxiliary to the memorial association. The marine band from Parris Island furnished musk both at the exercises and at the auxiliary meeting. ’There’s more room, *dl right—and the upholstery is certainly better." "Yes—end no other low-priced car has Fisher No Draft Ventilation, and I wouldn't do without that." "Fm thinking of buying a new car. What’s your advice?" "A six-cylinder Chevrolet. There’s one engine you know is right—a good many millions of owners have proved it for you." ■ i yl . Watch the new Chevrolets that pass y OU by. Look at the pleased expres sions of the drivers. These people are enjoying life—going places in style more contentedly than most people have ever traveled. They are driving the one low-priced car that combines all the best things motoring can offer. It has beauty of a new and striking land. It is comfortable, roomy, safe, and healthful. It’s nothing short of a marvel for pick-up, speed and handling ease. And when it comes to motoring expense—well, you have the word of thousands upon thousands of owners that gas, oil and upkeep costs never were so low before! How about it—wouldn’t you like to get more fun from motoring—and be money ahead? Then drop in on your Chevrolet dealer. He’ll quickly fix it up so you can save with a new Chevrolet. CHKVKOLKT MOTOR COMPANY. DETROIT. MICHIGAN *445 to *565 All priems t. o. b. Flint. Michigan, Spacial aquipmant »*tra. Low dahvarad pnen and aair G. M A. C. tactna. A Genaral Motor* Valua SAVE WITH A NEW CHEVROLET GRUBBS CHEVROLET CO. , ■ Barnwell, S. C. The Barnwell Theater 1 PROGRAM for MAY 10 to MAY 17, INCLUSIVE ^ x~x*-:~x~x~:“X-:~x*-X“X*<'-‘X~x->4 • ? ♦ Wednesday & Thursday £ ? ? ? f ? ? T Y T THIS WEEK The Barbarian «* 9 ^ Featuring Ramon Novarro & Myrna Loy Friday and Saturday THIS WEEK Afraid to Talk With Eric Linden and Sidney Fox Coming Ne^t Week May 15, 16, 17 State Fair t Y Y Y Y ♦ | with Coming Soon! —r 42d Street Also Fourth Chapter of the "Lost Special” > * , utm & and the Empress *i ■ .... . ;■ . _ ■ . .. • 1 . .-as - ■ -j.—-— . ———• — / . Admission: 10c and 20c, Plus Tax MATINEE: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays at 3:30; EVENING SHOW, each night at 8:30. / ' #' . - - JL jjMil a <