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AA&tt WJCIaL EASTER ECC HUNT Woman'-s.^Mi^Rioniir\;,S-n die Baptist IJfUrch which wa: it for Friday ufternonii ba |K>i)X i (t-anti! next Tuts Make use of the ^ ' ’ ’ k s which t4&mh if you expect to ahtain a fort By ROBERT .^IcBLAIR. Mr. Simpkins 1 gazed, gt tlx* portrait on. the wall till h{s eyes .tillci| Avith- tears. It Was a portrait or;ills father, Pojonel Simpkins, who had four times been promoted for valor during the Civil War and had died bravely on the field of action. Mr. Simpkins' throat ached no)v for two reasons: First, he reverenced and adored the ir.emor’y ox his" father; secondly,- his ; age nn<l his eyes and h|s "ame leg wouldn’t let l\lm go to wt.i* himself. And as he observed the.martial hearing anti uncompromis- saw, V! T s M. A. Thuin^’. Fate i no vet} to hero they will ninko hoihe. Baffrwe-lPs conflict with another to 1)0 hold , on that A11 chi Id ron are oo Q A. Kennedy of Willistoh i< now otp port u nity,,, gf* \ J' .. He'Iras .just received % eh Hornl qf the p mules that 'have* been in this oouicv for ,'f . . . . > *'. , . - ■ He Also dias a carload of Piedmont W <fc Jones "Buggies*. If you are iutoro«ted, call tin us at W ( i ours to please.. s is Fllouton's gain yited to the egg hunt at tl Baptist Parsonage next Tue da y~nrfternqo.il,'at four o’clock Judge Chas. Carroll Simms left for Washington, J). C. on Wednesday aftemOon, whore he has gone to transact some very important legal business. The friends of little Ashton Holland will learn with regret that ho is in a Now York Hos pital for treatment, and wHsh for him a speedy recovery. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Syphrett and baby, of Donora S. .re turned Thursday from Chester, S'. C, where they attended the funeral of Mrs. Syphrett’s brother. A.H.Ninesteiii. Emj. of lilaekyille, W^ri 1 in Monday. Mr. CMiff Harrison, city, spent Wedm Columbia. 50,000 VOICES lng gaze of Colonel| Simpkins he in inmgipatlou, the khaki clad lads ojF the new generation marching forth and crossing three thousand miles of sea to fight, maybe die, for liberty. Mr. Simpkins peered around to make stye that neither Iless nor John (who were, at the teasing ^iges of sixteen and seventeen) were 'where they could see him, jthen he straightened and threw his right arm up for a salute. But his gouty shoulder twinged, and he groaned. lie couldn’t even salute. “Damn !’h said Mr. Simpkins, and with his other hand fiercely twirled his white mustachfos. He turned and Pulped Into the li brary and sat down ?reaklly before the mahogany desk on which were lying the blanks for his Income tax state ment,/ blaitks w.tilch hfc had rather grumpily got from the Internal Reve nue officer only that day after lunch eon on his way home from the club. Mr. Simpkins’ Income for 1917 had amounted to Just about $15,000,-dnd he ■ r on the sub- le had dlscov- ne a man has age of It be thlpk of sev- ;lf, Were roar- ren, and yet, 1 U wo were nearly I.'*** • I nihss chonu*-! -Ai d that’# the number of AmeTicftn men and worn eh whu are publicly praising Doau’s Kiriney Pitjw' for relief from backache, kidney and bladder ills They shy it to friend-. They te'l it in the home-papers. 'Bcllii— well peop e are in this chortl'd. - Here’s a Barnwell case : ' Mrs. G. P. Hogg, savt}, “Seme five j ears aito I had kidnev trouble and it was very severe. My hack would ache fit to break if I stooped ever. My kid* I n*-ys acted irregularly and caused me i very much annoyance. 1 had dizzy rpeliit land my eyes were aff>cted too Doan’s Kidney Pill* were advertised so highly J thought 1 would give them a tnal. I :e)t a big relief from the first and continued nae cured me of all my trouble I think Doan’s Kidiey HiiD was in iJvc city Monthly on business. X. ' Miss Bessie GRchristds visit* ing her sister in MmJilis, S.-C’., this week. * X. Sergt. Perry Price, of c^nip Sevier, is here visiting fri'eiM^ and relatives. Mr. M. A. Wilder, of Sumter, Positions Positions Positions The Government Offices and Banka and Business Offices every where are clamoring for efficient Clerk Bookkee pers, Stenogra phers and Typists at alluring' salaries. . ; Young .women and young men who are ineligible for the army have the opportunity-of a lifetime to secure high-salaried and permalnent positions, with assurance of rapid tad vaucerueiit . Call or write us today for low cost of training. spen.t a few days in Barnwell with friends this week. Mrs* Allen Brown, of Meyers Mill, is here visiting her mother, Mrs. T. D. Creighton, ‘e : » — - ' ;/ Solomon B la tjF, Esq., spent Sunday ■ afternoon in Blackville with relatives. •: most popular representatives of theCliarlestetn News and Courier, was in the cityLhu rsdavshaking hands anal makinX friends * for DRAUGHON’S PRACTICAL BUSINESS COLLEGE Large*! Btcauac Beal 1626 Main Street Columbia, S. C Mr. and Mrs. C. A. phnnett and Misses Madeline Benina and Minnie Cody, of Wilhston motored to Barnwell Sunda; afternoon-on a visit to Judg' and Mrs. John K. Snelling. CARELESSNESS RESULTS IN FAILURE. . Sergt. Nick Cocl n, of Camp Jackson, spent Saturday and Sunday hereAvith ftiendjs. Mrs. Ida Sanders and. son, Grover, of Ulmers, were in the The Costs of Most Materials and Skilled Labor Is RatheK High T The raanyTriend^ef Miss Ma mie J. Owens are pleased to know' that she has fully recov ered" from recent illness. Miss Owens is the efficient bookk-een half of his, they would poy only a small fraction of the amount'lie paid. He gloomily drew the blnpk nearer and began filling In the lnformntlbiy that It asked for. As Mr. Simpkins’ Income was $15,000 he had to figure out the amounts pay able on each of the successive smaller classed of Incomes In order to arrive at the total due from himself. He passed over the first class who must pay taxes, ihat Is. single men making over 1,000. His calculation for nmr- for his j wen then showed up as follows: ‘ First, they pay 2 pW cent, (under the 1916 law) on all Income over ter egg $4,000, deducting $200 for each of their d dcNab's i children tinder eighteen years. In Mr. c () Vinci- 1 Simpkins’ case this was $212, which he b ^ ’ put dowp In the "payable” column. a n cent-; f|e saw ne^t that, under the 1917 **. benefit .law, married men pay an additional 2 () ary So- i. I H ‘ r cent - on ul1 , OVt * r $2.000—with the a be oil Kanie allowance for children. This » added $252 to his “payable” column. He theu observed that for Tliere will be a dance in Williston at Kennedy's Hall next Monday night, April 1st. Mr. W. E. Brabham spent the week-end with his sister, Mrs. B. F. Proveaux, of Cave. Miss Rose Gaffney is visiting friends and relatives in Monroe and Charlotte, N. C. this week. Miss Carrie Foy, of Spring- field, was the charming guest Of Mrs. J. G. Wooley last ueek- NEPONSEJ WALL BOARD takas the plact of w’ooden trimming, paneling, wainscoting, or plaster. May be painted anyxfblor, so is eminently adapted for use on upper vyalls and ceilings. Anyone can put it on. W. F. BARTLETT Neponsgl Wall Board •* # * / Combines economy and attractiveness. Its dura bility is longer than plaster. It cannat. crack or fall We have the width or finish for your need. . Herbert Black, of ksou, spent Saturday iv. in the city with Youngblood Roofing & Mantel C( Mantela.TIlea, Orates, Metal Roofing Etc. 607 Broad St. Augusta, Qa friends Messrs. J-. (>>■ Jimmie Mc^Iilliau every $2,500 Jump lu hLs Income, over $5,000 he had to pay a Surtax, the percentage growing Murger with each Jump. This was $250 more-added to his burden. And <m top of nil this enme aiy^Ex- cess Profits” tax of 8 per cent, on all “occupation" Income over $G,00Q. mak ing $720 more. The total, then, he must pay was four teen hundred and thirty-four dollars. “Whew!” exclaimed Mr. Simpkins angrily. "There’s young Henry Wil kins. who married Jake Johnson’s girl, lie,makes $2,000 and he doesn’t pay a cent, of taxes I guess this Is his war us well as mine!”* * s Thinking of young Henry Wilkins, he remembered that Mrs. Wilkins went every afternoon to make bandages for the Red Cross and that Henry, who was a lawyer, was aiding- the Local Draft Board wltfi Its questionnaires. “Well.” he admitted- to himself, Tthat makes a difference.” XT 0 thought next of Judge-' WHlough- bj .whose'income was about $,*1,000. “HeNmty pays $20,”-commented .NIr. .Simpkins, not quite so angrily this time : and. then a.thouglK struck Tiim mid he sat 4ip rigidly in his chtAr., — • ■ Jmd been ten It was 1 two hun- lils son to pkins. . ly and put ipkins sa*t There was xcept the 1 an occa sional trill' of laughter froiy the ehil- appointed by Governor ng ;\s a deh'gate from •ell to the sixth anjnial igof the United States Roads Association, which nr Little Rock, from April 3 19th, inclusive.. '3>44'0>4“C>e'0"0“0»64 H > ome on Miss Ada Sanders, out accomplished tertebers Big Fork graded schoul } tlie city Saturday. l in* Npnie Hank ot Barnwell received Last week from Ken tucky a shipment of Registered Du roc Jersey Pigs forxlve boys of tlie C’ountv, ami we are-told that any boy may Im^one pay able next fall at cost prices tf\ the Bank. * They are beAqtiful Hogs. This X helping to \\Hn HERE is probably no more pleasing element of good printing than on ion illuminated tin effectively as th brighten tlie (lav, : and stormy,clouds and* Eliza' Ule.vico and It is our constant effort to produfci the best quality of work at a fair price and to see that it is delivered prompth ^ •* t ■'' . j -f . ¥. ••* • at tlie time specified. • . / ~, • Old customers- appreciate this ser vice. A trial order will quickly demon strate its value to other firms. Judge John ‘ K. SntJLng attended a hamjuet at Sumter xmr Wednesday night given by the Palmetto Fire Insurance — Meeting of stockholders of Easterling A Co. will be Held in their ollice Saturday, April 20, . * : 3t IV. L. Easterling, Pres; It seems that -automobile wrecks will never..cease in and a round Barnwell./E veu y amp- ton County ( inaciVilies come here to act ugly. . X . ; Capt. Harold A. Simms, of 324th Infantry Camp, J'ackson, S. C., spent Saturday and *Sum day■ iB_Uu» city with ■ fjdgpcit and relatives. \ ~ < | \' x -s ./ Treasiirer J. B.» Armstrong left Sunday morning for Branch- I of light on tfi-fC'carpet gradually with drew Itself through the wimlow^_unU first twilight and then darkness settled I In nlmi.it the qnlot, white haired, some- ■ times irascihle old man. Mr. Simpkins was thinking ‘thlpgs^ j which he would never afterward speak I of. Jtie was thinking things ’that were, too sacred ever to. Ive put Into words. But some IhTTlfrgxi'f hi-s tltpjitghl^ may he found in his 'rejoinder to Mr§. Simpkins when that placid lady came In,and turned on the lights.,and asked hirft 'whether he was ready for. dinner.- “Judge Willoughby's -only son was •worth' ak much as fourteen hundred and thirty-four dollar’s,, wasn't he?” Mr. Simpkins demamled of her. pAs his wife,, who-was not unused to hts superficial irritations, watched him ln'^ niild ‘ astonishment, Mr. .Simpkins limped out to the hall and took hi* o’.d felt hat and silver-headed cane from tlie hat rack. • lotting himself out i into the foggy evening he tapped his - way down To the conier. and mailed his ihcorfie’tRX stntemen^jind check wiflr i Jiiaown hanus. j. ' "NdW, ffOd. he fhnnked.7 «fdtd Mr I jSlalr<5< as the 1I<1 elankc'f shut oyp; terest oi tno nod v;ros.s. 1 ho- membors of the Fairfax Chap ter nye very entluisiastic over their work, and with Mr. J. B. O’Neal as Chairman,' wo predict tliat it will pwvq, to be one of the best in the State. r x Barn well are enominational prayer service JOB PRINTINETDEPARTMENT each mor my Country, anyhow.