TRAGEDY IN BARNWELL .. • ' Colored Woman Run Over bv a* Au tomobile Wednesday Afternoon * and Killed. INCOME TAX EDUCATION AL SERIES. A ti :»<* Xv that camed consider able excitement in Barnwell oc curred last Wednesday afternoon -between four and live o’clock, when El a Meyers, a colored woman, who was walking out of 'ttnvi, was run over by an au tomobile on tlier hill between Brice’* shop and Turkey creek, and sustained injuries about the • head frou. which. she died about four hours later. Dr. R C. Ktririand^and Dr. A. B.’ Batterson were upon the scene a snort while after the in jury, the former being the first te arrive aQd according to his ^ testimony before the coroner’s jury fouud her in an unconscious condition suffering from a frac ture of die lower jawbone and of the left/ temporal bone, the un- cdnscious condition haying been cansod (torn concussion of the brain when she was thrown for ward en her head. Coroner J.JStaff Halford em- paneieu u jury of inquest com posed of W. F. Holmes, fore man, A. J. Owens, George M. Buist, A. J. Bennett, T. J. Lang ley and JO. O, Bolen, who fron the evidence adduced the ioho wing verdict: That El la Myers caine to her death bv being run over by an uutomebile occupied by Shellie Bessinger, •las. M. Brabham and son. The dnqueai was held in the court house oa Friday, at which seven witnesses were sworn.- The evidence was Circumstan tial, uoiie of tlie witnesses being able to iKisitively identify .the car or the occupants thereof. There was some testimony that white men were driving the car and that it was going at a rapid rate of speed. One of the witnessed testified that he was going out of town driviug a truck and a car pulsed him going about twenty- five to thirty-five uoitei per hour ; that'he did uot* know who was driving but thought that it was a Bnick Six and a similar car passed him on tha-read-coming back about 15 or 25 minfites af ter the car had passed him going out; that ho kuew the parties in the car coming bees to be Mr. Jim Brabham and Shellie Bes- singer. _. Messrs. Brabham and Betsin- ger both deny that they caused the injury to the woman. Warrants were issued for Brabham and Bessinger Friday —Tnomingr ami hearing of the ac-' tion of the coroner’s jury they surrendered to the sheriff and employed J. 0. Patterson, Jr., and Brown A Bush to represent them. Application was x made for bail to the circuit judge, at Alicen and granted in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars each. _ • LONG BRANCH PHILOSOPHY- - W e have lived in Barnwell some r»0 days and find the Town . (nst full of the salt of the earth) but more Riclious people than was found in Sodom conse quently have all reasons to. be lieve it will stand thf/tost under the say that it stems the cry no w w Y IS... . ■ . • i ^ - ,■ • “Speed up, speed up O time in-thy flight and give me - a court house jtmt for tonight,’’ Alas my poor Blackville, Shakespeare said, “Thy cake is already ^11 dough.’’ Considerable interest was aroused here by the dispatch from Blackville a few da\-9 ago telling of the efforts that are be ing and are to be made to move thtueouuiy seat from Barnwell to that place. Of especial in- terest was the statement that a visitor from Springfield had “declared that he would ouly be willing to come into Barnwell County providing Blackville was made the county seat.” The people of this part of thfe county are at a loss to know fro« whom 8priagfield received stieh a pressing ' invitation to come into Barnwell County that she can afford ta tack con ditions to ker coming, and this intimation that outsiders are trying to take it upon them selves to dictate to Cbe people ef the countv as to wfeer* ’ their cousty seat shall be located is resented by Barnwell . County citizens. Another statement in the dis patch has caused no little amuse ment and that is to the effect that, since Allendale County has been successfully voted on, Barn well “will be in one corner of the county, only ei^ht miles fro* the county line.” The fact hunters take Notice. In a letter from Mr E. W. Nelson,chief of the bureau of bio logical survey, United States De^. partment Of Agriculture, to tha News and Courier, information is given concerning the open and closed season for hunting migra tor)’ birds. Soiree of our readers ere no doubt uninformed on the subject. 1 This letter states that tlte seasons and brg limits appli- cable to South Carolina are an follows: ' ’ ■ SE.vaOMH. — ^Woodcock. Nt> vein her 1 to De cember 51, both days inclusive. Doves, September 16 to De cember 51, both days inclusive. Waterfowl (except woodduck, eider duck9 and swans), coot, gallinules and Wilson snipe or j&cksnipe, November 1 to Janu ary 81, both days inclusive. bag LIMITS. Ducks (except wood; ducks and eider ducks). Twenty-five in Conti Hired »o Pitt Fite 441 about three miles from the Bam berg line, was entirely over looked. In fact, it Was. stated in the dispatch that “by annex ing the Springfield territory to .the county, that would put Blackville in about the center of the county.” However, a glance at the map will sfyow the absur- Canvassmg committees w£fo -duty. oT such a statement, as the people in the western part of thy county would be forced to travel some 85 or 40 miles to j reach. the county seat, nor would the proposed move bring the eburt any nearer to the peo- ple of the Geerge.s Creek; Reedy Branch, Friendship, Hercules-, Great Cypress,JSiloa m, Snelli ng, Rosemary and Dunbarton nee- tions. — ' In the face of ever increasing j taxation*and the high cost of living, the people of. Blackville, in order to gratify their pride, j are apparently willing to ‘scrap’ county buildings that could not he replaced at a cost under $40,000. offering in their stead an antiquated ceurt house^^ relic of reconstruction days tljat witnessed fights similar to the Irreproachable material.** “The principal reason retail prices are higher, however, is the fact that wholesale prices have increased.” “With the war over, the sea safe why resist longer the lure of the East?” “French has assumed a place of first importance among foreign languages for every American.” “War restrictions have held, up industrial construction, the need for which has become more pressing than ever now that peace has come and the country stands at the threshold of the greatest era of prosper ity.” The thoughtful reader at ' once sees that this is not writ ten other than for the reason of calling attention to things helpful for the mind. How ever, it is the firm belief of many that rigorous study of all advertising columns not only benefits the mind, but is a great help for housekeepers and busi ness men. In looking through the ad vertisements one often comes upon things in lighter vein that brings a smile; now just here I Will give you what 1 have just* found: Age Brings Wisdom. ~A salesman selling IT bed room clock to a girl. “I recommend, this clock with the illuminating attach ment,” he said. “It is a very good thing to tell what time your husband comes home, you know.” “But I haven’t got a - hus band,” said the girl. “O, you will have some day,” said the salesman. “Yes, but not that kind of a husband,” the girl said. Then it wa3 that the middle aged matron, settled forward and spoke;: “Mv dear child, they are all that kind*” she ’said. • • X - . c ) “Young man,” saith the young girl, “I’ll takd that clock.” Amply Equipped. “I see Henry Ford is going to start a newspaper.” “Does he know anything about running a newspaper?” “Must know a heap. I no tice he waited until he got $40,- 000,000 before , arranging to 'start one.” one that has just been launched M»ny of the older citizen, recalir N * 0 ^X M M outs_and dear •Fscoutesses, if you have bogged through the abbve as far along as this point, majrbe, I say riiavbe, you will enjoy the advertisia& sections more. WB hope*eo. those fight*, with all their at tendant bitterness of^ feeling, which bitterness; it had been hoped, forever dead, but which now prom Deb? to Hcurish .in all its former intensity.. • “Barnwell.”