Barnwell sentinel. (Barnwell C.H., S.C.) 185?-1925, March 28, 1918, Image 5
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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.