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t . w r*LL i\ M Zbt Hartwell Sentinel, Owned and Publmhrd Every Thursday •t THE NEW SENflNKL PUBLISH ING COMPANY BARNWELL, S.O. / / /'/ It Oiai. Carroll SimmI, • 1 Predident Ipo. K. Sjwllino, Sec.-Tre*g. and Gen eral Magager, W. M. JOlte. Editor dassccomtrawHtiaii rnfitter-Feb- ItMTj 14, 1905. at the Foglofficeat Ham- well, 8. 0., under the Act of Congress of, March 3, 1879. Legal ftdv* rtirii'K at il o rate of $1.00 par inch first mu* rtiou. and fifty cet t* aash auba* fluent insertion. '-1*Vr * jt. ' Obituaries Tributes of Respect lleso- Jfltioas of It-i-pocf- Cards of Tt auks SSd Kit oth> r r* jfii' g i ot ce*,i ot n -ws, will beehar^t-il for at 'he rate nf'iifty Mots p< r iiudi. or oi.e cei t |» r word, each it s- rtgou. with a minimum cha'g- of X oents. All chance* of advert iriiie ? end hII aommumcaiions must i e"addressed to The Barnwell Set t nel and inurt he in tbia office not la'er "than Tti-*diij morning to insure (publication in the •arrant issue. (Ail communications mm t l e' signed by the writer, not for publication, but aeon evidence of g ud faith, a<,d t >pro- *•04 tho newipatxjr. Bl BHC K ICTI '« KATKS Om year 9150; H i months 90c; Three months 50j. in xovaaro* I* remitting cheeks nr money orders make psyable to Tn Nrw hRKTiaat. Peet.iSHtNu Co. tatt reality. This brings t the sabject of good resolu tions. Anything worth doing at all is worth trying until we succeed. It may be that our failures in past years will be ^successful this year. /Make all your resolutions ov<ir again./ If they, are broken shortly, repair them as quickly as possible. Success comes only to ,the worker. We must put not only purpose, but more effort be hind our purposes. Laziness is a most fruitful source of fail ure.,* The Sentinel sends to all of * t , r >» • ■ • its readers the most sincere wish that for them and theirs thw new year of 1919 may be the best of all the years they have et^r had. Your best in terests are our best interests, too. t* | SALE OF GOVT. HORSES AND MULES Continued trom First Page. ■■MX Government. Amoryg- them many, excellent “cotton” mul*s and riding horses well as Lliprsnsjaiid tnplessuital;l«* for $25,000,000 lor Bidding Good Roods b Saadi Coroinn Mnl mules simaon hJMtliiig, ‘find aiwy- THE OLD YEAR. Before these lines reach sur readers the year 1918 will hare passed to its predecessors. It has been notable in many respects. In It price# have reached a higher * point than j lives, but excuse the same ugli- iiig ourselves in a looking, glass and forgetting what we look like. We can best see our selves in the actions and words of other people. We recognize the beauty of a good word or deed in another, but forget that it would be just as beau tiful in us as it is in them. We WATCHING YOURSELF. Robert Burns won lasting fame by the wish “Would some * • power the gift give us to'see ourselves as others see us.” Of course he wrote it is Scotch dia lect while we use plain Eng lish. The apostle Paul came nearer the truth when he used the'allusion to a mirror or see^f 'and Tr.ifftc Service will harp heavy 'hauling, ‘find any^ iimui-i / per from one up, nny - In- put? chased . by any bidder. *2 At least 20'Vof the l)iHvt;ii-e price must be deposited at thei time of sale,, and .onlv cashoj*; U certified check will b; acep-j t- «1 in payment. ' which' -mu-! j be mad.v before aTnnmls are re move! b Thr Government reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids or any ppit then* if. Accomodations are phi.lined for those attending the -ale. Government trucks will trou t: trains at North Charh stou oirl the date naund, and vrill -fttk-cr prosp*'crive bidders to and IVom thb scene, of the auction:Tleals f will d>e furni-lied at t o t to ' tbo-ie attending. In ca-e of in < lenient weather the sale will be heidLuuder shelter. A Loading and . bh'ipping faci itie- are excellent—as many as 3A Crtis can be loaded at one time. Direct conpjuciion Can be made with the Southern, Sea board Air Line, and Atlantic Coa«*t Lin© Railways, The In- Util*.. jj, . • » ' ' . A I ' [ In response to many roqnests we publish below,'itha Hbett plan for a bond ollna, the Interew ,000,0Qf) for good roads in Sooth Carolina,- the Interest on the a sufficient immbtfr of cars on band for shipping, and rail road representatives will be on tli© ground to prepare bills of lading to expedite th* ship ment of animals. Fr., Animal* will be held at the Depot free of charge for one day after they are sold, if de sired, and lmJter will he furni- vm *T‘“ ” " 11 _.1 hrtniinfll I,U1, 1) ,4- .1 r 190 - ft0 ° would yieVl92.0iI0.Q00 with; lMjDftO condemn (he Ugliness in ofher ° 1 '™ I . , CAT. Th* prwnant av«ra«« llc©n*a it 95 15 p«r « u... .U i; i b. Should you plan toattendi - -- ever before in history. The probability is that they will de cline.; It has been a -prosper ous year for the producer, but a trying year for the man whose salary must be stretched to 1 the breaking point to make ends To the farmer it has and ness in ourselves, forgetting that it is as ugly in ourselves as it would be in any body else. One of the most frequent ex pressions is that one is always the worst enemy to himself. We can see that for the other man,-but he is only our looking you pi i this -*hIc. will you kindly‘advise the Commanding Officer as far in advance tt#po ssible, in order that sufficient ncdommoJAtioi^ may be provided. meet. 'been a golden year, and the glass to see ourselves. A can- farmer who hasn’t made moneyrj-etH' is as bad on one man’s face during the year has mistaken as on another, because it is a his calling. He had better get j cancer. Social sins are as wrong into some other business. The in ourselves as the same sins year has been remarkable for ita lessons of thrift. We were becoming a very wasteful peo ple, but we have been t’aug’Hi i to save by small economies. As eur young men have passed be? fore medical boards prior to Military service we have been "brought to face the fact, that we are growing a large class of physically deficient men. We would be in another. Bad busi ness methods, or what is known as sharp business, are as cold and brutal in ourselves as in others. We would be a great deal \better off if there was a shortage of self-justification, and a surplus of , seeing our selves as others see us. Some mirrors are only silvered glass to show us ourselves as we out- „ respera fsrue ot If 2b,i i bonds to be paid by a special automobile tax and a sinking fund for their retirement In twenty years to be created in the same way. This is the plaai that has been endorse^!, by the good roads convention, the South Tarolina State Automobile Association, the Columbia, Greenville,- Rock Hill and Charleston Chambers of Commerce and many other orgairikatlofcs over the State. Jt is to be submitted to the General Assembly at the approachliif session in the form of a 'bill. v ' The plan follows in full as endorsed by the good roads convention^ Your Committee on Plans begs to submit certain facts which should b© known and understood before its proposals are presented. There is at present no State Highway System in South Carolina. The State Highway Commission, created ip February, 1917, Is composed of live members, of whom thyee are senior professors of engineering at colleges, and the other two are appointed by the Governor. It is limited in its power# and duties to investigation and advice. At least four^fitths of the amount it collects from licenses is turned over to the counties. Under the present Act, it is not possible to establish a system of State Highways, and your committee’s recommendations contemplate such amendments to this -Act as. in .its judgment, would be necessary, both to establish and maintain in good condition and repair at least fifteen hundred miles of well-surfaced highway#, connecting every county seat in the state. To do this would require a very large sum of money—possibly'twenty, Of even twenty”flvfc million doliars-^uid without the credit of the State behind it, this would be impracticable. Under the Constitution, this credit may not be extended “unless Iwo-thirds of the qualified electors of this State, voting on the question at a general State election, be in favor of it.” Until November, 192Q, there will be no opportunity for submitting this question to such a vote. However, there is much to be done in the establishment of a System of State Highways before surfacing them and it will be found that a year and a half will not be too joug a time to lay out euch a system and acquire title to the roeds. In the meantime, however, your committee ha* proposed plans which would enable such counties, as may desire to have their highways completed within their limits, to do so. * It is clear at the outset that two-third* of the qualified voter* voting on the question would never favor any large Hmoe of State Bonds, to be-retired by. general taxation. It must be made clear that tfye general public are to pay no part of this tax. It i* a public improvement'which so particafcHy benefit* the motor vehicle owner that he can well afford to pay 1t elL, and he should so unmistakably express himself. There are now over 65,000 auto* mobiles registered in Ibis Star©,* and they have paid in licensee daring the year, In round number*, $290,000. The increase of autonobilf e In the State fsr the past two years ha* been, from 19,000 in 191*, to *7,000 in 1917, to •4,000 la 1011. The Increase In the United State* from January 1, 191C, to Jaaaary 1, 1918, was over 100 per cent. Iowa already has one ear to every sis persons. 1© retire 998.000.000 of 4V4 per cent bond* eeriaUy in twenty year* wouSd ireqnire about- $1,800,000 per year. An average license of $20.00 per oar on oars It would „ If every owner of a car would figure hi* saving in gasoline, repair bills, and in wear and tear, provided there were 1,500 miles of welFeurfaoed high ways. kept hi good order, in the State, it would be found that this wJI amount to between $100.00 and $200.00 per annum. He, therefore, 1* asking the State to permit him to invest from $10.00 to $15.00 per annum, say, ta save frem $190 00 to $200.00, a. total saving to the automobiliees of the State of over $10,000,000 per annum, in money. It would be bard to compute the saving in time. For headache / neuralgia, colds and grippe prudent phy sicians now advise The improved tablet in which th® heart-depressing: tendency is counteracted by heart-toning elements. To avoid confusion Aspitcne ia sold only in unhrpken packages. Price 35c. * At . >. N liuu>i a’ter. druegw aiui Mace Drug f’n. ■■ t;—2—m Littleton College Littleton, N^C. Littleton College, Littleton, NT ., which carried an advertjse- nent in this paper during, tiie summer had the largest fall open- ng in several years. The institution is spending housjBdft of dollar* on improveievatp,de luding the completion and beating of ie* new Science Building- Pupils may »*\ter now or rt any time ted p*y from ste of entrance. -r- -— 2l.v4 CLASSIFIED LOCAL ADVS. For Rent & '.'OR KF.NT — Rooms on upper floor. Apply to - Gilmore rtirlcy. ? ound may therefore expect to see re- i wardly appear, "other mirrors newed attention paid ta .the are men and women whose public health. The war by tak-! words, thoughts and deeds ing away our young men. of | show us our beauty or ugliness both races and putting them in-1 of the hearts within us. See h*- to new surroundings has rude ly jostled many of our accepted ideas. The future holds many changes for us.. We have seen our need of education, and we may expect that the lessons of the year, wili result in an en larged educational program that will uplift the entire citi zenship. Taken all in all 1918 stands head and shoulders above f the years that have pass ed and many that are to come. THE NEW YEAR. * We know that“hope springs eternal in the human breast” whenever we come to the turn of the year. In this spirit we stand on ^he th refold of 1919 We are looking at larger things than in the year past; The farmer who comes to the mer chant foV" supplies hopes for a ■ - jf -■*’• ■ better harvest than before. The merchant who has. finished tak ing stock expects a bettei* busi ness than in the past. The pro fessional ma f n hopes for en larged practice. The parent hopes that this year may en able him to do more for his chiJUlren to put them on a high er plane than before,. Wher ever we find one" who tries to yourself in others. TO MAKE THE PAPER. ' ’ - IlKfc. ... I — Mr. Editor: From childhood the “Barnwell Sentinel” has been a household- word and necessity. Long the paper has stood the lone sentinel on our county to recount our births and deaths. It has se.en the dark days of our C^ivil War in the GO’s. It stood guard' dur ing the* reconstruction period. It witnessed our entry into the world war and our glorious triumph on the ensanguinary field of bloody battl^ in Eu rope. Inseparably it is. asso ciated with our tenderest years. LONG BRANCH PHILOSOPHY. A long preface- will hnnljy do our hhV good tlii*j time. Dut we take our pen), ii. our hand our little mind nnif thus, if you cull the name of John Jones Win Doe »lnd Bill Smith on account of a ltu-i- - ness transaction or in a Social J way in presence of a crowd sutui.j one will discuss the rep. of some one of the Crew before you can - fi r M*ii your Statement the trouble, i* ititel of n* can see a mute in tluf other fellow-! Eye novel* imagining that we ]>ave a beam or defoetjall through 1 n*. .why should wtr-o so -de-J fectire as • to discuss our neigh- 1 hours motiVea and aims 'when often we know sc little about them the ears of our fellow men i* made to burn when he could not draw an idea that the nearest man. to him was a ie-| giilar Judas, only not quite I Crazy enough to commit sure- side. • we' like to forgot to say that wo lmv?T spent one Christina? in Barnwell and it seemed like Spudav. We have took a liken to our neighbours yet IF may he too soon to Say many good] things about .them, hut from what we have seen-"so . far we liaVe decided that the hrg fish have not quite Swallowed all the little as yet. On l)«K'vml>er ^Sih, last, I tr•« up iw# 'mrsvs.a dark ha> mate aids yellow b!a/e face |H>ny, at my borne on the Billy Mat- t'lews’ place near F.lko, and bold them oihject ax call by owner. Bay for their keep and for this advertisement is all I isk for.. ' J. D. Danridrc, .’IjkI Fiko. S. C\. R. V D I. For Sale > 1000 With this prelude, your committee begs to report ita reconmendattonj, *s follows: 1. The State Highway Commission should be irtvea the power to arqntr# richts-of way aod lands, by purchase or condemnation, for the purpose of eatybltehing a State Highway System connecting ail the'county neat*; to construct Smd surface the highways in such a system so as to take care of the traffic which may be developed upon them, and to keep such highways ia proper Tond I Lien and repair.- » 2. The State Highway Commission shonTd be seven in number, an<9 •hould. b»» composed of one from each Congressional District, with the three •enior professors of engineering, provided in the present Act, as advisory _ members, It should select its own chairman, and have full power to employ j ()|< SA , ,, 0ne hundred bushel' it* own engineer, and fix his compensation, and ’also the compeneation o$ ,. ntn M |,js year’s crop). $2.08 l-u.; all its employee* 3 PFR ACKI "EH I I) not buy our bted up ipcr'shell reran groves. Fives have : iarciL ( ver. each this >em. Very me brc<! up hiddied -and grafted trees r.,m these early, prolific and mammoth ire pai>er shell pecan trees for sale Write or ratalog : nd pric e Write t«rd*\ 'Bass IVcan Co.. I.umlrertca, VI s>. ItiaTPMas There should be two or more issues of State of South Carolina High way Bonds, aggregating a sufficient amount to connect every county seat with a well-surfaced highway, each issue to be retired serially, or by amort nation, within the life of the road upon which the proceed* are expended. - There should be levied hv the legislature an annual license tax upon motor vehicles—ail t»f which .should go to the State Highway Commission — sufficient to enable the Commission to keep the highways in the System la proper condition and repair; to pay interesl_on all outstanding State Highway Bonds, and to retire same in accordance with their terms. 6. The counties of the State should be authorized by the Legislature to issue County Highway Bonds, and construct such parts of this highway aystem within their borders as their people may ratify. 6. There should be levied for the next two years & one-mill tax, to !>• •Istributeu to the counties proportionately, for road purposes; provided that, in the event any, county’should desire to turn this fund over to the Btait# Highway Commission for expendiure on a highway in the State System, within the limits of its county, the Commission should be required to add • like amount from its license fees for the same purpose. 7. The present motor vehicle license tax should be at once raised to M cent* per horsepower for automobiles and motorcycle*, and $1.00 per horse power for motor trucks, with $5.00 for trailers and $35.00 for dealers, unless there is an opportunity of securing Federal aid, in which event this should b# Increased to such an amount as will supply the portion which this Stata ^auit furnish in ordbr to obtain the full portion to wfui/h it WOVild be entitled. 8. Any moneys which a county may turn over to the “Highway Commis sion. to be expended on a State highway', should be refunded such county out of the proceeds of any State Highway Bonds, which may be issued, with out interest.- 9. Wherever any highway which is now improved, or may hereafter bp improved, shall be taken into the-State Highway System, <so much of the inr- facing improvement* ■ as, may be available in the eqid System, shall- b# appraised, and the value thereof paid to the county out of the proceeds of any State Highway Bonds that may be lssued. « Your committee believes that under such a/plan a System of State High ways can be begun and be prepared for construction by the* time the State __ _ _ oi V e: r rop), *_'.VU l u.; sex * oral fine hogs, some registered .Du iocs; also line mjjk cow. \ofman C. < rcech. kiinc, N ('. FOR SAI F. Two young cows w ilh first calf one week old. Price $t*5 CO eac h. T. B. Bills. • :2-!8 )t I,^od!;ur»l. vl TOMOB1I.K .BARGAINS.-*We have on hand for >Ale at exceedingly low vices, eight automobiles used by the Government: also six automobiles that hu\e never been used, bought al-a har- gain. t Prices 585 v c to $1* 5m«'. Also - want agents in each county for a good x line of cars. * • Columbia Sales Agency, 12 1A ft Phone 378.1. Columbia, S. C. FOR SALF-IOo acres of fine farming lands, w ith two tenant houses on same, in_Iiarnw eli county. This land can be easily brought up to make « bale of cot ton per acre; good schexd and church about quarter mile distance on clayed rural route road .leading from Barn well, the county seat to Wiiliston from Fiko, S;C., in the famous .asparagusf and bucking section pf ihe South. It is six miles from Barnwell j 1-2 miles from F.lko, and five miles frym Willis- lon; it is a gocxl pick up for y>ne who wants a home or for an investment. See or write R. €. Hardwick, Den mark. S. C., “if vou mean business. 1 ' IT 28At F(>li SALE—Frt»*h. ground mem Ht VYacht*r’s Grist Mill for $2 10.per hoshel t. o b mill Wi distou, S. C. ri • n f ti aii l i [ — — »“'•'>! ouvu m UI<tu « iiYfiwn m hijua Him. 8-25 8m Fairfax, Ulmer, Allendale, Dunbarton an*(T "Ellenton. It Bond* referred to in Paragraph 3 may bo submitted to the peopJe^in Noven^ F ° 11 SALE—Ai rtiwn kea4 Itye, Bktm- . I U20 / ’ w.-d county ra a^d makes us a mighty family, and from every nook some word of how you may add to the use fulness of the paper. Select an intelligent person at each post- office who will write brief let ters for the paper weekly. He should tell us*who comes, who goes, who has died, ail acci- -a ’ dents, _ suggestions, timely hints, short articles on best la bor saving appliances, can ning, home decorations. In this manner, your paper be comes a looking glass—a veri table vade mecura. Whert we pick up the paper to read it we . look down the three hundred ‘ are having expressions of view’s interest will come to the read- , er. No one can afford to be I write to express our guch , pape? . What encouragement you • ii i • _... A,*. •) will extend to these writers de pends upon ^the„ editor and management. Yota may see the way to frank the paper to your correspondents, or charge one-half regular rate, but your course will enhance the value 0 .,. . . ’ _ ) of the paper. No home can be without the paper. Wishing you a merry"Xrnas and glad New Year, N. A. Patterson. (Adopted by and recommended for enactment Into law at a convenlio® #8 the South Carolina Automobile Association, December 11, 1$18.) * C. N. Burckha «t»r. 10 i« tf - i j, * ' -■ Note the Tremendous Growth of the South Carolina Automo bile Association in One Year, _ i i WORLD WAR HISTORY CompUte Pictorial, Authentic, Giving 1 jin account of every phase of the WORM) WAR for Liberty. Agents wanted io sell this Wonderful Histoiy - Write quick for free outfit, or if you prefer the best outfit which will help you to secure Columbia.—A year ago th* South Carolina State Automobile Aeeociatlo* **« unknown. Today it bas several thousand members and new clubs or* being formed weekly in every section of the State. The association has I . . , launched during the fast few Weeks a movement for a $25,000,000 bontjl issue double the subscribers, sen c pos. ge. ter a State-wide system of g&CHil roads that hid* fair to culminate successfully. R- L. Phillips Publishing Co. If it does the good roods system will stand as a lasting monument to the Atlanta, Ga|t Waco,Texas#v automobile association. Much of the credit foT the wonderful woTk done in the organization of the association must be given to C. W. Cofield, the.tireless secretary and treasurer. W'hetJ he came to the State a year ago he found the organization ^drexs/ Allan!a Office, Dept. One. For j practically defunct. He took hold of it with a vim and has accompljahed One new Grain Drill, COSt $120, wonders. - Sei\;tho (inrninn tho-ntaniivjtir-bv from the battle•fr^lrt of K f iiivee^ A1 hi I« German I’i<tol t Luger-make I, must ’ liston and RlackviUe ,will know- at t fi 0 oVeni Drug To., Fairf iyf •solve is how to turn our hopes t what thfTpeopIe are % doing •nd aixty-five days, his vision I from' person* over the entire tt r#sy with hope. . A 1 territoev Ti,Ti , T i , jieiTiiorj. reader at Wil- problem that we 1 Thr State headquarters of th® association are located in the Imperial Hotel at Greenville. There-Mr. Cofield has cbthpiled a list of every automo bile owner in the State of South Carolina. He is also compiling through the, different local club* a minute description of every car in th® State. Thid will be of benefit in recovering stolen cars. , , The anti association’ funq-jbes each member with a copy of the Bine Book, membership in the local,*Sjat® and American Automobile Associatkmo, on emblem for his oar, .a suhsrnf ion to th® American Mptor, a nitiouad good roads magazine, a surety reature and the protection of the Southar^ ^•AsnrrUers DeucUve Bureau in rocoverlng.etoieu oorf. ■ * sjffl for $75. Two new Moline 3-Horse Plows 1 at half price. One new Stover Feed Grinder *at half price. These are real bargains. Apply to J. P,.Harley, : Barnwell, S*C.. R.F.Dr-