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Tht Barnwell People, othera. ..-*r * . hrrrf»r«« ih« »d«lre«* mid* In Waalilnjtton ftK’Friday jnl^ht by Ju«-. JI3.1. H0kM8S. ft (Hr I Pnu’r “«« J v!» n ^- H » rl ", n 6f sh « CourCU more nouhla L'njnlnjt t<iS91iT OtCST't CIRCVUTlOi tamWDAT. JANUARY. 16,1803. t—-1 — ^Tb« bet<«Ut*re reAn.inWeT^Son 'I'ueetlaT and lor forty d»l* l#8 T*ln of nrorda aud flood uf eloqnehce will Know. , Klny Alfonaoof tfpaln la aiW to bo ilia moat atrenuoua and eneryetj^ monarch In Uuropo. But he cnnkl not tfueoMd aa a nowapaftor man, for he la aald to eat nine tlmo* a day. There la no lien law In OeorjtU Rennert needing help there get IS, by mortgaging crop* and block. A UeorgU mortgaga la »ald to bo more Drastic than aSontli Carollnu Hen. ' Orangehurg farmer* arc planning to plant cantaloiypea e*ten*lvely thl* je^r- Thla la a free country and they have a right U* plant aa many a* they wlrh, hut the ont«;oine may be an over crop that tvlll bring no profit to the fanner* who malt the lope*. Attorney Gonerul f.yon hoM* that hnlerthe Ca-ey-Cothran law touriaf hotel dWpenaariea are unlawful. Ho the health and pieman re aoekera from the Icy North will have to bring their favorite liquor* with them. They find thla month that mild quail tie* of north ern weather are here to make them feel at boma. The preaent Congree* will bo aa clone Hated aa the l*«t waa extravagant. Olovernment revennea are falling-ntf about a million dollara a month and there w ill be a big deficit to face at the ■rnd of the llacal year, Juno 3<Kh. The not pay aoiaah. buck now without going to Without volunteeilng nny advice to the aateemed Legialature we exprea* the cmrtdent opinion that It will throw no more good money after had in the way of encouraging, hmulgcation from Europe. Bvei'anob-optrn#r*t» as Kx Governor Heyward and OoinrnlMloner WaUon and our kindergarten pupil a will quit feeling the delirium of auch an exploded brain atorm King Helomoii ia aaid to have rc- marked once upon a time that there I* nothing ne# under the eun. That wlae roval hlghnem had never tacah d -dtmwwapatwr fife. f.aat week we had thla new experl- ♦m^e. Nfw Year 1000 a Jn.t married (tmpl called and aubacrlbcd, paying a y« ar in advance. Middle of January 1007 the husband poatal carded ua to (tlacontlnaa tending him the paper New Year week 1908 husband called to pay. far tiirae January 1907 number* fallowing lb* paid up tub orlption. re rubacribcd. paying Inwitvance for 19CS. notable Coming from one of aojoug high atandlng in hi* profession, well acquainted with the tfrengths aud wcaknea&a of human i-o^red vi "C to a nature, at Horn.! a* to liiatorlcal prece ded!* and with hi* hand* on the pulae of the time* It la a warning of a future of trouble vtteh aa ^uf country haa nevfr kno^rn , * ' Justice Ifartan aald In ■•.ib*tancc1 ••There will be a war between the white and yellow races that wiUabake the earth. On the other sl ip of tbe I’pclrtc there are 400.000,000 Chlneae- physically and mentally a» strong we fire. W-e .may some dav see a skilled army in Japan of n 000.000 or lOOcOOOO They will aay : You claim Europe as your country. Thule ours. Get out.” The scarcity of reliable and reason able farm labor I* coiiApe&to no section of the United tttate*. f» iiaine where Irish potatoes are the chief money crop thousand* of bushels have been frozen because tbe farmers could not get them dug and housed. In this state where lb a per cent of colored labor I* higher than In any Tract of the Mouth llwue ate corn and cotton tlehls still uugathered. In Florida oranges hang on the tree*, and so it i« every where. The reason la very plalh ; Ho many new manufactnrhiit enterprise* have been, established, so many railroads firuilt and operated that labor ha* left the Adds and gone to work for the bet ter wages offered. The one popular idea has been the building up of cities and town* and while they have grown like inuahronuiM tlic agricultural In terests have suffered and fanguinhed. and now that the boom. I* ending* the overbuilt and oviHilled cltiea and towns must Buffer for an Inevitable lack of fSbtde and patronage, j'liat is government has a surplus of *i50.(HX). 000 In l».o national hauka. b»l they c«n ^ atate.nent of a coming tfxpresaioji of a w ish. For a time at least tint 'farm, will be the place both for money making and uTalcr living. Thohlgh pi'lces of all things to eat will he maintained, for people must have food, while they can, get along w ith old clotltea and' the in have been all round farm that will b^ the money maker That has always been the ease aud now it Is truer than ever {hat the farnr- «r who makes borne supplies Aral will have all other prosperity added to him Tbe Union county board of election canvasser* on Monday decided' thw election- held on December 27th In wblch the IMapensary won by 11 vote* to have been Illegal , and the county will stay dry v In Johnston County. N. C., l»»t wewk a strange negro fooled a. number of * big show'”. The strange negro was the only performer. I.ater In the night a mob of negroea took the stranger from hi* boaydtng plaiw Into the wood* and left his body on the Mouthern Railway tracks. The New York hanks had on deponlt on Haturday far the first time since the beginning of the panic In Octolrer the sm runta of money they arc required hv law to keen constantly on hand. I*ej>nle who have been hoarding nmn°y up North have become tired of It* bringing nr, interest and rbat account* for the late fullue* of the bank*. The American Battle Fleet of. 10 ships reached Klo de Janeiro, Brazil on Mundav, making the trip of H 000 miles Irom Port ol >paln without sertout ac cldent. It will stay there some ten dav*. The worst part of the long voy age remain*, thy passage through the Strait* of Magellan, which will be made toward the end of next month. According to ..the annual' trade re view of K. G. l»on & Co. South Caro lina stood the financial strosaea of last year belter than Iny other Southern State Her buslne** failures In IflOJ were 7B xgalnst Id) In 1900, and the reduction in INbilitlea was over forty thousand Hollar* The Palmetto State wu»« actually the only one in the South shnwjng a better record for 1907 "’T'TSr'IOOO. Virgin:! came next. than convenience* to w hich they accustomed. But it* the NEWS NOTES. We ask your attention, dear delin quent aubacrlbers, from New York to Texas, from WDconaln to Florida, to the article headed Poatal Reform, a» head of fifth column of our first page. And we ask yon to tell us hqw you fot It, and wbat you are going to do about It. Thla new regulation D to gn Into effect In tbe r.ear future, and wo hope to hear from you tbD month. We leave tbe matter with you for Two week*. Then wo will have something to lay. The census bureau report published In first column nf first-page shows the cotton crop of 1907 to be nearly two million hales less than the yield of the year before. lUOB, to the same date, January l*t. In face of this nndenlablc_rhortage It „ . take* good cotton to bring II cents._ There may be one reason or several for thla low price. ^ —•vttwworTJmay be overstocked with Cotton goods. The world may lack the means to buy and pay for the cotton good* need* *d. Tbe world may anticipate an early X*r between the United Stitt** and Ja pan and be saving its money for harder tlntc*. Where there la-much arm-ke there tnast he some fire. All the civilized world seems to consider a future war between tbe United Stale* aud Japan •a'sure to come. Beth these powers talk peace' »nd loro, but keep on making preparations for armed conflict. The ordering by thla government of 50.000 ton* of coal to Hawaii and lOO.Oot) to Manilla hooks like the American Battle Fleet la to •nter those far office*. In ordering hofno their army and navy officers ahd wlih a ready fleet Japan seem* to be taking the Initiative And may strike before warning, a* was done at Port Arthur Some of the sncalled *tate«tnen of Europe an* of the Ransey Snl/He* tVpe, encouraging unfriendly fe ling* and acts and expecting to pick up profits from bbth side*. Ilf auch t Struggle come* It mar em • broil a large part of Europe and lead to tbe conflict foretold of old between the white race* of Cfiristeudom and the yellow and black peoples of Asia and Africa. Out in Kentucky th«y are marrying by lung distance telethon**,— At present the.ro ere IftO.OOO men out nf employment In New Yoyk^citV Four men and one women commit ted eubjltfaTn-Mwachusoiu on Sun day. Or Hhradyof New York sat* tfost sunshine Is the best remedy for the grippe. Mr. Felix Fox of Merrill’* Bridge Aiken county, sold last yearfHIT worth <>f poultry and cuttle Home up country Confederate Veter-* mis went the Legislature to increase the appropriation* for pensions to $000 IHH). v Magistrate 7?. D. Easterling of Marl boro county decides that share crop pers cun not give good Hens for ad vances. a EygH*h mill owner* threaten to shut down unless their loO.OOO oneraiivet greatly moderate their demand for Higher pay. , The safe of Kennedy Bros , merch ants at Shsinn, V.trg qftiinrf ’ ■,«« blown open on Friday night aud f'250 was stolen from it. fhunuel U. Kestenden. the Conneticut Yankee who started the expression "God RaTe* a quitter’^ died of heart trouble last week. The Huguenot cotton mill of Green ville went Into the hand* of a reeeiv(*r last week. It was a -mall concern hav ing a capital of IIOU.COO. The Hottthcrti and Atlantic Coast Line Railroad* have shout '2,500 empty freight car* collected M wnd near Charleston to haul out fertilizers. Steamship men caluulate that the immigrants who returned to Europe from the United States last year cu rled with them JHO-OOO.OOO in good American money. In Chicago on Friday thonsanda ol unemploye<rmen marched in parade to the Mayor’r-offtuerr asking aid end work. Steps were taken to appropriate $20,000 far immediate relief. statement of Ranks in snh- thelr According to the last the state bank exurnlrreiTtM South Carolina have on deposit joct to check $15,000,000 and in savings departnient $I2;00!» 000. Five supposed safe crackers were ar rested last week In a .camp near Van Wyck, Lancaster county. Burglars toola, explosives and soap were found in their grips. Four of them had flue pistols. Judge J.O Richardson of Alabama holds that all state laws establishing dispensaries are unconstitutional he cause they create a monopoly, which is obnoxious to slate &nd national organic laws. At Laurens Court John C. Jerry, vonng German immigrant, was tried for killing his brother, acquitted of that charge aud found guiltv of car rying a concealed weapon. Upon tak Ing an oath lo courtjnever again to car ry a plstoj he was fined a dollar. K. W. Able of Saluda County has Of lat« year* the Justices of the . Uni red State* Supreme and «ubordlnate » AMirte have been most conservative in «t>Meh end conduct, giving nil their <fare«Mr thought to legal question* gM ieavlnf political ifiauea and poti- fallon on a new plan for keeping labor on hi* farms. In last week’s standard he puhli-hed the njjiues of the hands that have made contracts with him for this rear, and warning all other per sons against giving them employment. The Aiken County Board of Control expect* to realiza a net profit of 123,000 a tear from the newly established North Augusta dispensary. It counts mn 930000 revenue from other dispen- sarlev, making k total of $35,000. Upon this a reduction of two mill# in the tax levy is recommended. — "W' Owing fa rumors that the Southern Railway would he put In the. hand* of recelvorii the stock of that company sold In the New York Exchange on Fridav at the lowest figure touched in several years. — „ The (iflli-isls of the Smithern deny ’ any knowledge of such trouble. * There Is some falling off in the num ber of Immigrant* sailing Irom New York to Europe but Jtlm tide continue* fairly strong. Haturday week ago 4, oOiHeft these shores. But very few are coming thla way. 'I l,o ateanfcr Ocean wj.lch usually bring* between five and six hundred had only forty three, while the^Blueher generally carrvlog twelve hundred or tqprp land ed only ninety nine. There is *o little to do at Ellis Island, where the immigrants land that *a lot of the government employe* there will he discharged. These employes have often received live thou-and Immi grants a day. Now they hamlie lefts thau live-luunired. - Spanish pride.was cruelly wounded by the destruction of thi-lr navi- in the battle* of SiTi tiago and Manilla and the loss of colonial possessions so long held but those apparent misfortunes have turned out to be Hie best b of centuries to Spain. For her young men Instead of being sent away to tight mi-cellaucous Cuhui ln*riigcnt* and Filipino savage* have kept at home and made their country so pros porous that It lias-- money enough to order built In Kugluhdji whole squad ron of luitile ship* ■ The marriage of King Alfan«o to an English wimian' / bf the reigning family ha* given Spain the friendship as well ns the'kinship of King Edward, the ally of Japan, and possibly both pow era wou'd be happy to soe a round be tween the Sutcfc abd the* Yankees of the E-ist." Tbo immediate s/rain between Japan and the United State* lie* In the In c T ea*ing immigration of undesirable Japanese laborers Into the Photflc 'States. The population of Japan is so dense, being even more crowded than ^hat of Italy, and the birth rate so 'nuch larger than the death rale tint the Increasing surplus population L forced to go abroad to mew lands That wm one of the cause* of the war with Russia, and their soccesa in that conflict ha* swelled the race jirtde of the Japs and made them feel them selves better than the white races. Ho the desire and determination of the American* to keep them from coming In auch diores to this country la a hitter pill that they don’t like to swal low. ^ ^ The-people of the Pacific SU’es are n* sick ami tired of ^the Japs as some miich a* we have.—Ed Pkoi-j.k ) A HAPPY NEW YEA R LETTER Dear Sir: — In Heaven there are no grumbler*-that makes Heaven. Ir. Hell, they are all grumblers that makes Hell. Griiuib.lug l the characteristic that belongs to universal humanity. The llr»t man in the Garden of Eden haik’every want fulfilled, had every privilege accorded to him, but the eiit- >ng ol the fi ult of one tree lie grum bled because be-rttd not hare that, and bia grumbling cost lym Paradise. ’ The first thing a baby doe* is to raise z hoWl and make it kick. Wl are all jorn klckeis: NotmUy likes hia busi ness. no matter what that business Is. To hear men talk, they are all losing money The dry goods nfau says busi ness H not what it used to be. he is losing money every year; he wears line clothes; his wile wears diamond*; they own their own carriage, and have a cottage by tbe ai-a-aide, still ho l* losing money. It is the same with the doctors, the lawyers, and men in every profeadon. Then, the farmer, the man you think would bo cotitem, la tbe greaUst grumbler of them all. If tbe reason la dry, “we will not make seed this year,” if the hehYens pour abun dance, and the bams burst, "We will nut get anything for our stuff, there is no use having it.” Nobody wants hi* -on to follow tbe same linw'of business. Tuero are grumblers in every vocation and location. There are more grum bler* In the home than any w here else i'he man in business has to he $ gen lieman: at home Le doesen’t have to be anything in particular. You say it is aTiard lot’to lie shut up Witliiirbrick wall*, that it would bede- lightful to gel_MiUi£isinu« and enjoy fresh viands and pure air. You go.- when you get there, ibe place is beaTl- ly. the«poople are the most vulgar you ever saw. Hie food U stale, the-little room where they have pm you is an old garret, and you just wi*h\v6u had stayed at home, and so does eveef-oiie i-He. ■ Everybody knows how a work ought to be done, except the poor wretches who are doing it. Is it not arrange, that as you improve, everybody eli»e And o vary thing, else seems to improyt- at Ibe siine time? Here are soiiiq . preficrlpllops for chronic gnimbitTTjf^-l'ry to live right l iie best way in the world to be sweet- spiritud uml gentle is to live right. When David was not living right.’he wa* ready to kill the man who had slain a linlc lamb; ho himself had taken another man’s wife, and killed the m in besides, that made envagfe. lari Immigrants last year, and unless the government of the Mikado keep* hack the immigration' of Its subjects Congress Is likely to shut the door against all Japanese of low degre*. Such exclusion would possibly inti sine the Japanese to seise Hawaii and the Philippines as homes for their emi grating people. That of course would mean war with the United Mtaefes. And there need bo no aurprisv If. it start* before Boh Krans and the Battle Fleet get to Saq.Ecanclsco. • THE JEW FOR PEACE . THE GENTILE FOR WAR/ - ' Answering the rodent remarks of President Charles W.Eilot of Harvard University, to a-gtmhajt-of Jewish vomig hien at, the college, whom Ire advised to join the militia In order to regain the ancient martial spirit of Israel. Itabbi Charles F’*ei..clier, du ring a sermon at the new Teniple Israel said in |>artL was shocked, a few days ago, to read President Eliot’s advice to the Jew*. He said that the Jew- were Itt-r ferior to other* In physical deveb'p- meiit and In stature, and he^-suggested that the yi>uiig -Uieai lotk^ihe mUitla in,I chltivjtifcJ.be martial spirit of their - ancestors. "In so far ns President Eliot pleaded for physical development and an opt- of door* life, | cordially syinpsthlztv” wltXJdi Idea. Hut when President'' Eliormtrk* hack to the glor| u* time* whou lh\ lew* had a martial spirit, the loss ol which he deplores, then, aa a Jew. ns kt: American, as a man, I protest adaiijst. hi* utterance. •'FurtliPrizore, I appeal from Presi dent EliqL/ momeu'arily intoxicated wicli (he strong drink of the modern military midne*s, to President Eliot the sober judge of eternal values, an<l the loader among (he lovers of man kind. • The Harvard sago err* In asserting that there i* no reason why tho Jews should not make good lighter*. "There happen* to he the best of reasons. The Jew has got out of the habit of lighting, lie baa lost tbe piimltive man’s desire to kill, • because he ha* so long been civilized. You can’t brutalize him again. "Tbe crying shame of Christendom U In the coptm iiHitce of the w*r spirit and In increasing armament.' eyen while professing loudly P* allegiance to a Prince of Peace, and Its loyalty to a God of lore, "1 am hippy to feel that. In the main. President Eliot’s appeal to the Jbw* must be In rain, because, by long tradition on lininstlng In now native instinct, your average Jew believes that ’Israel’s mission U peace’” IT DO Ed THE BUSINESS' Mr.'R. K. Chamberlain, of Clinton, Blaine. ** y* of Bnt'kleu'a Arnica Halve, "it doe* tbe business; I have used It for piles and It cored them. Used It far chapped hand* and It cured -'them. Applied It to an old sore and ft 1 healed It without lejrvlag a scar behind.” 25o. at C. N. Burekbeller’* drug stere. (The following letter received 'by tt leading business I rouse from a New York correspondent I* so true and timely that we publish It with pleasure and hr|>e our reader* will enjoy it A CURE FOR MISERY. "I have found a cor^tor'the misery malaria poison produce*/' sayt R. M Janie*, of Louvllen. S. U. t’lt’s called Electric Bitters, and ccmes in 50 cent ImtdJft*- Ilhreakirnpn case of chIHfi or a bilious sttai-k in almost no time; and it put* Vellow jaundice clean out of cominDsion.” Tbl* great tohlc medicine ajid blood purlllcr gives qtilck relief in all stomach, liver and kidnev eomplainta and the misery of lamo back. Sold under guarantee at C. N, Burckhalter’a drug stora. * ^ EASY BOOKKEEPijfG. ... A Chicago woman bad served IIC- eeptably as treasurer of the chib for a little over a venr, mid that was an ex erptlonal record “Don’t you have difficulty In bal ancing your hooks”? they added. r ‘‘Oh, dear no’' 1 ! she replied "Why. it’*, the easiest thing In tbe world. 1 just add up wbat I have received and subtract from that what, f have paid out, to vhow what I* due tho club, and then I make my husband giye me a check for the amount. There’s really nothing hard about keeping books when you know how.” Rank foolishness. "When attacked by a cough or a cold, or when your throat D sore, it Is tank foolishness to take any other medicine than Dr. King’s New DU rnvrrv,” shy* C. t). Eldridge, of Em pire, G*. "I have n*ed New Discovery seven year* amt 1 know It Is the be«t remedy on earth far coughs, croup and all throat and lung troubles. My s'blldren are subjeefto croup, but New Discovery quicklv cures every attack.” Known the world over a* the King of throat and lung remedies. Sold under giinnntf.ee at C N Borckhalter’s drug store. 50c, and 1 00. Trial bottle free Livt right, haye the charity, (but euf feretb long and U kind. Have the home »* beautiful as you can make it. If you are n husband, praise your wife, praise her looks even if she 1* rather homely. Praise her cooking though it cholrea you. Glve her the same lover- like attention that you g^ve her when you weryy Itandlng Tier in and out, ecndtng bouquets and bonbons,, and writing her reams of poetry on gilt- edged paper. If you are a wife, praise .your husband i-telHttm he ia~tfag~dwo-t huabatid'you ever bad, no matter bow many you liayo bad. Be careful of what you cat. Beware of the inipce Pie w ith a crisp crust on top, a sodden one nniJtrncalh. and untold horrors between. Take plenty of sleep. The world is going crazv for lack ol sleep. It wauts fresh, wide-awake people. Got into the habit of being thankful far what you have. When yon miserable because jbn have not some thing that other pcple have, rhiuk of Jhe thing therhavo-xoti would NOT like to have. Be like tho old woman who had only two teeth, but said she was thankful that they were opposite to each other. I never pas* a cripple or blind man that my heart is rioTlifted in thaiikmlnes* that I Juave sound limb*,.and eye* that ran see. Get into the habit ol looking for sweetness aud light. People usually find just what South f’aroUnUn* were crazy inr-DjO- -Umg look far:—The Bee and ilia Buz zard hover together in the air; one gm-s straight to * rose gardeR in the dis tance; the otber-t’o a dead rat a mile away. Look for sweetness ank light, and you will find it everywhere.- "Go around expecting to get your feelings hurt, and you will always get. them hurt. Get to w-ork; get a move on von. The. people who are bright, cheerful and happy, are always tlutfc who are doing something-wrrth all their might Forget yourrelf. Try to make the world brighter and hotter, give refresh ing cops und bouquet* to the dusty pilgrim* along life's highway. Wishing you and your* a Happy New Year full of good cbm r, LUCKY MARRIAGE DAY. To det-rmrne ft luckr marriago flqr the number of days from the full of the moon to the end of the -mwith ia dedxnned from the number of days in the month, Ibe remainder thus ob tained is then multiplied by the age of the one betrothed. In making the reckoning the count Thg Is donettrthis way: Suppose the young woman Is 23 If seven month* have passed since her birthdav, *h« should he counted as 21. hut tf it I* less than six months since her last birthdav at the time of ihe reckoning, the count I* that she Is 28. To illustrate: Munpose that a vonng woman of 20 wishes to determine which day in January of this year would be lucky for her marriage, and that two month* have passed since her last birthdav. Deducting tbe number of day* from the full of the mom.. Janu ary 18th to the end of the month from the nmnfi.er of days in the mouth and multiplring the remainder thus ob tained hr twenty, the result i* 350. I bis indicates that either the third or the <.th will be the fortunate days foi her marriage. To prove this a* one would a maftn- matioal problem multiply the number of day* preceding the full moon, which I* seventeen by twenty, thfe girl’s age. This give* 34() dav*. Indicating -that the third and fourth are evil day s for the event. A« the .bird was both luckv and unlucky the sixth Is the fortunate day for the marriage. THE SITUATION*.* From the New York Sun. The ancient BINs Democracy Is not a sight to dazzle. The worries of the recent yeirs Have worn her to a frazzle. A glance upon her |molded face Her frultlesa quest disc hi ie*. To lead her from the wilderness Sha’s looking far a Moses. , There I* anotheriirnul.led dame. Behold the Grand Old Part? ! She waddles when «he wiyli's Abroad, Too heavy to be hearty.. • Her wrinkled brow to all proclaims Her bed lx pot of rosea; She’* looking for a wild“rne»* Bn which to love her Muse*. REGISTRATION. NOTICE. The RegistratJojiBooks will be nnen in tho (’ourt House, mi'fl.u (Tlsl M day (sale dApIdffio'tfch month for the transaction <vf such business as is r» quireJ by law. * W..J. Baxley, Chairman. G. R Dunbar. Secre.fsry, Xom-E 'I’D DUBTOR1L A^N D CREDITORS. All persons fndeb'ed to the estate of thi! laf?"Mfs. JatfF’Td<*ody, deceased. will please make prompt- payment and Huy, person* having claims against said estate arc requested to present them properly attested to the nnder-dgned v - W. M Harden, . ■ . N Adn;inistrator.- Jftnunry'2d 1908. NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE. Xnth-e islierebv given ,‘liAt on Mon day February 10?h 1903. the under signed will file wirli lion. John K. Snelilrig.^Judge of Probate for Barn well county her final account a* Ad<- mlnisiratrix o' estate of J A Davison, deceased .and apply-for Letters Dis- mtescry; The Flag and the race bkoiws ’ AT HILL TOP STABLES, ~ BAMWELL, S. C. A CAR LOAD OF “CREAM OF KENTUCKY" Horses, Saddlers and IIiutu'ss, ami Drootl Mares, Per- soimllv selected by the Veteran Capt Dunn. JUST RECEIVED. All Blue Grass Beauties And as Good as Pretty. Pride of the Pj ailie Horses and Mules for all . purposes always on Hand.—-—— ' The Best that good JudgmeTit Rnd Expeiience cair select. * Wagons and Buggies in great variety of the very choice^ materials and built, by master workmen. For comfort and durability, good looks and lightness tbe^ arc unmatched in the State. - - Harness—Hono^t Leather Goods, suflieient for an army, any single piece sold as readily as a full J^et. Whips, Lap Robes, Umbrellas, Bridles, Saddles and all Horse Goods ever wanted. — - PRICES RIGHT, AS ALWAYS, ohahIbIE browh. the •A T/ic Oldest and Strongest Bank in Barnwell County spository of The State of South Carolina, The County of Earn well, ami Tlie Ty wn of Earn w ell ■— Capital, • - - - » ■ Surplus and Undivided Profits, - J ■ ' $50,000.03 $45,000.00 Mattie F. Dsvlton. — A<‘.n:lnistiati ix. January 4th 1908 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CRED ITORS. All person* Indebted In the estate of the bite W. F Greene, deceased, will please make pmmpt payment aud-any- arsons having claim* against said estate *re requested to present them gned. reene,' F. II. Dick*. Administrators. December I’Oth 19(;7. pro|»eriy attested to the und^raij T •*, A.F. Gree AUDITOR’S APPOINTMEXTR— The Amlitnr will be at the. Jollowing place* pn dat.« s ramed for the purpose ■> ( January Fairfax *« If. A llendale 1« .=1= 17 Kiino . !< -2ft t*vcnmAre ^ |v - 21 Ulmers *i - 22 RiackviMe ‘ 23 Whaley 21 F.'ko - • t 27 Wtlllsfon it 28 Merest in • t ‘29 Snelllng • 1 30 Joliuson Laln’s r 31 Hilda Febrnarv 4 The Auditor’s office will be ooen from January 1st to February '20th. I earnestly request every brtVlv to make their rMuriis ss tbe law direct* that 50 per cent penalty *liall be added-after Febrtntrv20ib. :—J. C. Keel. Auditor. '■ Barnwell Co. TREASURERS NOTICE. —The Treasurer’* office will be open for the collection of taxes levied, flit the fiscal year commencing January 1st. 1907 from the 15lh dav of October 1907 to the 15th day of March 1908 elusive. From the 1st to the 81st d.ay of Janu ary 1908 inclusive a penalty of one per cent will he added. From the M iothe*28th day of Febf ruary inclusive a innaltv of two per cent wilt be added to all taxes paid in February. " ' - . From tho 1st to the 15th dav of March 1908, a penalty of aeven per c tit will be added to all unpaid taxes. LEVY. For State purposes 4} mill* " Ordinary county 3J •• " Constitutional school 3 “ Total levy . 11 . There will be an extra levy of (2) two mills in Dlackville .Township for Road tax. .* Commutation Road tax-will he $2 00 and will be received from the Iftth dav of October 1907 to the 1st day of March 19>>8 inclusive.- SPECIAL LOCAL/SCHOOL LEVY Cedar Grove (1) mill. ^ Allendale. Burbayv Branch. Mt. Cal vary. Doublq^Tond. Klkh, /Edlsto. Fairfax, Frifend hip. Healing Spring*. Kllre. Morris, New Forest, Oak Grove, Old Columbia. Reedy Branch Seigllng ville. Seven Pines and Tinkers Creek (2) mill* each. WJlliston 2} mill!, Barton,'Blackville. Big Fork, Cave, Hickory HIM, Owen* Cross Roads, Sycamore. No‘51, Ulmers and upper Rich Land 9 i»|ll». Hercules aud Loea 4 mills, Barnwell 4} mills. United-state* eurmthr Gold and Mil ver coin ronntrXnd school clslota prop erly approved will he received for taxes. * Checks, drafts 6c wlM not be received except at Ihe risk «*f taxpayer J. B. Armstrong,” . . ‘ Crtnotv Treasurer, lardwell, SzC, Fept. Jfi.b 1907. To save money 1* not hard when onco d bark account Is stutciLLjr- riioncy in a bank cannot burn it hob* Ibe po.'ket. A batik account means paying bill* by i heck—the only absolutely safe way. Check* leave n<» room for argument as to when or how a bill wa* paid. Ea« b chei-k is recorded jn >bc hftivk’s hook*. These' togehcr with yonr muuey and ihe cancelKhLcIudJ^ are kept for you in bmglar and fire pruorTauTuT Ttut lint o ayi es. to them at any time. Let us talk ihis Qi-or wlth- you the irext- tiiiie. 3 on arrTrrtoWtf; possible to call. Write u*. lABBAGE PLANTS. 1 am again lesdy to.fill jour ord* yyyyyyrr^yyyyyyyyyyyjfyyyy era for .cabbage and beet plant*. Mvp'aiii*ate all grown from the same grade of seed l ser mv crop from. We have all of the leading varieties—Early Jersey Wakrtteld, very early, f harlfeafan Wakefiehl, about ten da>* later. In fiat varieties 1 have >ti.. t s-i.m;—a-toedlum early and snort Srera FTist tJotcTi. Idle. 1’rlire* up to 5000 $1 50 per thousand, write me lor special pilcc* on larger' lots 'i'hase plant* are yll grown li! theop^air near salt water vcie cold Without injury. W. F.CARB. Meggeits, S. C. PENSION NOTICE. I wgl be in the - Auditor’s Office every Saturdav in January 1908 from 10 a m to I p m to fill out Pension Ap plications ftr all who desire to draw Pensions. ——r D. C. BnackbaUer . Pension Commissioner, Barn well tjounty. SPECIAL TEACHERS’ EXAMINATION. By order,©! tlieEtatb Bodrd of KJu- cation. a Special Teacher* Fxarniiia- tion wifi be held at Barnwell oii Friday. January 17tb UK'S. > * • Teachera are required by the Board to t . n fm 111 MTictiy to tbe law in regard to certificates. Br-MrDaTffiigfon7 C. S. E. r TRESPASS NOTICE. All persons are forbidden to enter upon Sherwood Plantation,? Barnwell Township, for the purpose of hunting or trapping, taking away wood, straw or leaves, pasturing stock, (isths or roads, or committing an r.thur ,,.,1},.,, 1^..,,)^ „( ()r , M . eculion to the lull ixti 1 t i f the )».w. Butler Haguod . inL l Decemlier lith 1907. SPEAKING FACES. MONEY TO 1,0AN. Apply to G. M. Greene. Barnwell. S. O. NOTICE. By order of the County Board of Education for Barnwell County an election will, i e held at the Pleasant Hill School House on Saturday, Jan uary 2.'5th 11KI8, for the pur|io*e of dc- clding w hether or not an extra levy of two mPla shall be voted for school pur poses. - • F. D. Unwell. (J C Campbell, 1. H. Delk, , T’rnstees. * — School District No 9 MONEY TO LEND. We are prepared to negotiate loan* on Wljh un-'xcel on equipment, thorough no dirstanding of essentials and execution, suc cessful practical experience and Hive far and not kip's" prMo'ht art we feel 'jastined In promiglag fullest sat Wacrion to aH patrons appreciating Llie BE8 F in Ptotogrephy. QutL’ortrait Work is of the highest excel- eneu, true to nature and unexcelled iu per fret picturing. We maxe Kodak Pietnres, Post Cards, En- arge Pictures and In every Inch of the entfro lie d c f Photography are unuupasted by any t. ity i-tudio. , To Our beautiful line of the most select Pictures for wall decoration we ask the special and critical attentfon of the pnblic. I lacing and pledging our la-st services to our friends we ask with entire confidence tho opportunity to make good cur every promise MILS. KELLY’S STUDIO. w Tia'.taiiie .S. C. payments. Interest 8 per cent on loans Don’t write, come and see us. J. O. Patterson 4 Sou, as—a Real Estate tor Salt IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE WHAT YOU HAVE FOR SALE. improved farms for five yimrs. parlfal ern^oafan'df ’tdwj-Eoidi *" N ° rth * mess. STORE YOUR COTTON W1 lijstosl. Cotton Wauk- HOUSK IS Now READY TO STORK COTTON.- Ciiaroxs 26 cents rrs rai.x per month, including i.nsu- RaNCK —‘ — Bank of WillietciT will make lirkhai. advances on COTTON STORED IN THIS W ARE HOUSE. . A. KENNEDY, Peesiwest. . Q lot ures 400 ft. front by 200 ft. Streets on three side*. Lot* level deep .smooth. Prkcs reasonable to quick buyers.” - - - —- LAND FOB 8AI.E-A tract of 285 acr. *, being a part ot Df* II. F. Peeples plantation on Kdisro River. Thcrr ar* three tenant settlements on the plac*. Part U well timbered, the remainder In grful st.ifc of cultivation, price reasonable. For further Inlormatio apply to- - One hou«e an3 large lot. lot large enough for two or three good dwellings on K. R. Ave leading towards Barn. ! w*H, Town of Black ville. L The Improve ment* consist of good l fo^ir roow-dweding, dining roo|B oook rOtNn. well good wa^r. barn, stables nrxMMifiCYxhad. ThU bit I* well improved anjJ among good neighbors, and price reasoitihl* to quick buyer. n. F. Bviiev, Awy at i*«. J