Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IRexn exnTper* Tttat r r~h e m PRE INVENTORY if IS STILL ON AT M AZXJ K Y And wiH continue through Saturday, March 8th, when we will begin taking stock. Only MINE mORE BARG AIN DAYS Clothing Mon h Hobble Suits, fad, now Men’s S30 Hobble Suits, the latest $14.98 17.48 Hats Men's $1.2o Hats, now Ladies' lioe Sailors, 79c 10c It L Shoes Men's $2 Shoes, now Men's $d,oO and $-1 Shoe $1.35 2,98 j. We have new Spring and Summer Goods arriving daily and must move the stock on hand in order to take our annual inventory and make room for these new goods. Everything is marked in plain figures and the prices have struck the bottom. We have one of the most complete stocks of Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats, Clothing, Millinery and Furniture in Western Carolina and can please the hard to please. <JWe need the room, you need the goods, so don’t let this golden opp6rtumty pass without taking advantage of it. Specials Sva Island, former price 7c per yard, now 4 3-4c Men's and Women's Heavy Fleeec- lined Undershirts. 39c Furniture V of all kinds at low prices on the installment plan. OTTIR, LOSS IS ^OTTIR, G-^UsT! y B. MAZURSKY, ir JL The Bargain Giver, —n—ii—int—n—ii— BARNWELL, S. C. ir ir ii 3c::..jac3ocDoc An Agricultural Moses. John Temple Grave* in ‘The Cosmopolitan.” □c DC DQCDOC drt*amrrs who DOC and iron run* thf Farmer* I'mon He can he as silken soft as a courtier if he wants to, but he is wise enough to know that it does not pa\ Me rules farmer hold h;s cotton and not ru'h it under forced sai*-s to cheap pro t-v And the Southern farmer has grown rich on the increased pru e the [*> 11c> Studebaker his mighty armi with as fierce a chal- ha* brou ght He did the same w ;th the lenge to every farmer to do his dut> as Western farmer and his grain Hr One of the American hi* practicmlized hit ideals into glorious usefulness is Charles Simon Barrett, of Georgia,pre*identand idol of twenty-six hundred thousand American farmers, molded, in great part, by his genius and energy into the mightiest and most influential agricultural body that the world has aver known. Fortysix years of age, trim, compact, with a pair of black eyes as brilliant and biasing with spirit as John Mar shall’s or Aron Burr's—an American farmer to the tip of his labor-roughen ed fingers or to the square toes of his heavy shoes—with the permanent tan of the sun on his clear-cut features shaded under his soft slouch hat, and with the spring and grace of courage and confidence in his strong free stride —this is Charles Barrett, a romantic figure of power and achievement. Union City, tourteen miles out of Atlanta, is five years old. It was budd ed by Charles Barrett and his offical fellows of the Georgia Farmers’ Union. It is the bright little capitol of Farmer- dom—the Mecca to which stalwart agri culturists and quasi-stalwart politicians from all oyer the land wend their way in pursuit of counsel or consolation. For the Farmers’ Union now numbers two and one-half million members. It stretches frorti ^.Georgia, Virginia, and the Carolinas in triumphant sweep across the Middle States and the West to the Pacific. Their ballots are mil lions. Their bosoms are one. Ten years ago Charles Barrett was a young farmer stuggling with the new methods on his Georgia farm. The farmers of America, coming out of a long line of lost battles and battered entrenchments behind organizations stranded upon politics, had reformed their broken ranks in a new and hope ful organization born in Texas under the name of the Farmers’ Union. Bar rett, with the quick eye of genius, saw the strong points and the great possi bilities of the new organization at a glance. He joined it at once, was elected president of his county Union, and two years later was the unanimoas choice for the.presidency of the Stat* Union. The young Georgian’s grip on men and affair* pushed the Georgia Union to astounding auccesa in mem ber* and power. The fame of him spread. The farmers had found a lend er, and they knew it. Thirteen months later, without a dissenting voice, thev voted Barrett into the presidency of the 1 National Union They have re-elected him every year for seven years He has tried to resign They would not let him go He has pleaded the de mands of his own business affairs Thay raised his salary and voted him a bonu*. A few years ago in Birmingham he tried to quit, and a remarkable scene ensued. The salary of the president then was a mere pittance, scarcely more than that of a competent clerk in a store. It w as characteristic of Charles Barrett that he should go ahead, pinch ing himself and his family for a cause, with no word of complaint. No man would' have ever known from him that he was square up against a financial wall and, sorrowfully, saw that he must yield the ambition closest to his heart, in order, to labor for the loved ones dependent on him. By the sheerest acncident leaders of the or ganization heard of his straitened finan cial condition, and then one of those wonderfully generous things occured which bind strong men together. Mr. Barrett, after being renominated, rose to address the convention, his voice husky with the depth of his feel ings. He stated that he could not ac cept re-election, but was ready to work and pull as a humble follower in the ranks. They sent him from the hall, and in half an hour the thing was done. They called Barrett back, while a solemn hush fell over the great gathering. Then a grim gray farmer rose and said: “Charlie Barrett, we are not going to give you up. We know your trouble, and we are going to back you ,as we should have done long ago. The farm ers of America need you. We have in creased your salary to a living figure, and we have voted you a thousand dol lars to relieve your immediate pressure And as a still futher token of our love’ our faith in you, our regard for your services, we present you with this silver service.” The scene that followed was never surpassed outside of a Methodist camp- meeting. It is w ith no soft-spoken diplomacy that the young Georgia farnser of Wood he rushes at their enemies to battle in the ojK-n He doe* not hesitate to ridi cule them, scold them, criticize their methods and their mistakes with hard headed, daring common sense He preac Krs the gospel of self sujMirt and the establishment of warehouse* and mills Under his presidency the Farm erV Union owns and operates nearly twelve thousand enterprises of saving at Cut ! caught the great gift from the former to the farmes The President of the Georgia evangelist, Sam Jones, and Farmers' Union, like the majority of learned how to flav the farmer sinner successful men, is happily married and make him feel that the castigation y While a young school teacher in his is for the.benefit of his soul and his own town he met and won his Itoyhood sweetheart, Miss Alma Pucker Mrs pocket A tune ago in a Far Western state a i Barrett is herself a woman of culture, man who had boon trusted in that state ! am ^ lt ' on ’ an ^ l lljr I x>S0 ls a r ' >al organization betraved the trust The i h *‘ 1 P ma,t *' and u F on ^ livm * fn, ' nds farmer president with all bis wordly-j dws ( ' harU ’ s Mam ’ ,t U ’ an fur ^nsil as wise wavs, his knowledge of humanity, | u l K,n 1' 1S loyal and devoted wife his patu'nce with human frailties, ' 1S has brought him six stalwart, sturdy singularly trusting in his own nature, sons, all dedicated to the soil of their He believes men to be honest and on na,lv< ‘ Georgia. His domestic life is the level until they prove they are not. 1 Barrett, is not nch, but he is m- Perhaps it is because there are no dependent. His l pson County farm he declares would support his whole crooked kinks in his own make-up that he has faith in men—and perhaps this is why so few try to deceive him or to deal dishonrestlv in his places of trust. Barrett trusted this man, and when news reached him of the offical’s sheer dishonesty, white-hot anger seized him. He rushed West as fast as limited trains would carry him, many telegrams pre ceded him with imperative demands on state Union officals to meet at one point on a given day. And they were there to the man when Barrett arrived, for they knew a storm was brewing. They met him at the depot, escorted him to a suite of apartments in a hotel, and solemnly seated themselves. Barrett wasted no time in preliminaries He stripped to his fighting clothes, roll ed up his sleeves, his eyes ablaze, and the words fairly shot from him: “Gentlemen, I have come this long journey to demand that you help me put Blank behind the prison bars. I sometimes have to use diplomacy, side step things for the time, and use hon ied words. But this is one time and one place where I lay aside diplomacy and talk out in meeting: Blank is a scoundrel, he has betrayed you and the Union. I know he has political power in this state, but that makes no differ ence with me. You must help me pun ish him; your refusal to do so will make you the partners of his crime.’’ That man is wearing strips to-day. Barrett's strength is in the magnifi cent numbers behind him, aind his bat tle cry is unity. He holds his great or ganization together. He makes them do ttamra. He makes the Southern family if they should build an impass able wall about it. His tastes are simple and his wants are few. He loves work like a glutton, and the tilling of the soil is his favorite work. He would rather plow an acre than make a speech. . There is more money in the treasury and there are more men in the Union now than ever before—and more faith in Charles Barrett than in almost any other leader of any other American cause. If he achieves nothing more in life than now stands to his credit, he has sufficient to perpetuate his name among the big and forceful influences for humanity’s welfare. If you were to say as much to him he’d veto the state ment instanter and tell you you were talking bosh. But to have held to gether the farming classes in a com pact, adhesive, fighting force for seven years by sheer strength of character and the tremendous earnestness of his own burning zeal is something—some thing few men could have accomplished without breaking down or throwing up the sponge. If the readers of this paper ever see the boyish-looking young Nepoleon of the soil, they will question the truth of this estimate of his work. But if any one of these readers w ill talk to any one of the two and half million of American farmers that follow him, he will be astonished at the moderation of this brief biography. — It’a aurprUitig hownurprUed a girl can be when a roan tell* bar be lofea her—ju»l aa If she didn’t know It all the time. We have this hi^h, • I k r rade watfon ini steel and thimble' skein axles, and' I wishing to reduce our stock to make j room tor other| floods, we otTerl very low prices— j I Cash or Credit Lemon Bros. Barnwell, S. C. NOTICE. On and after this date all person* selling the county of Barnwell any article or supplies must send in to the county board his claim properly sworn to and it must be accompanied by the wrlUen order of the County Supervi sor or Board and the receipt of the person to whom same was delivered. All claims must be in the rvupervl- sor’s office at least one day before the Board meets. By order of the Board, G. J. Diamond, Co. Sup’r, Chmn., G. W. Main, Co. Com.. W. D. Black, Co. Com. r , - - MONEY TO LEND. Money to lend oo first mortgage of real estate. S per cent interest on amounts under fKXXMX). 7 per cent on amour's over $1,000.00. j. O. Patterson. Notice of Final Diacharge. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned will on Saturday. March 1st, I'UX, file with Hon. John K. Snell- ing, Judge of Probate for Barnwell County, his final return as Adminla- trator of the estate of Zed Bush, de ceased, and apply for Letters Dia- miaaory, M. W. Bush, Administrator. January 2ltb,-101 J. THE A SI K UK’S NoTICK. Th* Treamrer s oftlr* aill ba <q-en fur tlx- ri,||*-« lion of lair* irvi«<1 for ttie fiscal \c»r i-omiiienclng Jannarv I. UGi from the U’>th of October. 1PI2 lo ’tie Ifuh ,tav of Ms'cm, UMJ. inclusive From tbe 1st to (tie ,ll*i day of Jan- wan. 1 *11. inclusive, thcra *111 t>e a pena tv if one i«er cent added, from the lai to me J-th day of February, l-MH. IncUidie a t»enaity of two i>er cent will Ue added to all taiea paid in Februarv . from 1st to the Kuh day of March, ivl.i, inclusive a penalty of •even j>er cent will be added to ail un paid laxea. LEVI. For State purpoaea, ,SJ mllla. " constitutional aohonl lax. d ’■ ordinary cojnty pur poses, •’ back Indebtedness, 14 Total, B'j ('ommuldfinn tax e ,11 be fl .‘>u and must be paid by ail persons liable for road duty. SPECIAL M IHIOI. 1 K\ Y. < e lar Grove, 1 mill, Barbary Branch, Calvary. Columbia. Kdisto. Friendship. Green’s, Hilda. Healing Spring, Kline, Morris, New Forrest. Oak Grove, Pleasant HillTTtich Land No. 12, San Hill, Seiglingville, Seven Pmes and Tinker’s Creek, 2 mills. Barton. Blackvllle, Bloom! ngdale, Cave, Hickory Hill, Owens Cross Koad*, Keedy Branch, Shady Grove. Sycamore No. 61, Upper Klch Land and Ulmers, J mills. Big Fork. Double Pond, Hercules and Lee’s and Appleton, -4 mills. Rarnw«)l, “ Elko, 6 “ Al'endale and Fairfax, 0 “ Williston, t’.J “ United states currency, gold and silver com. county and school claims properly approved will be received for taxes. jr Checks and drafts will not be re ceived for taxes exbept at the risk of the tax payer. J. B. Armstrong, Treasurer Barnwell County. Barnwell, S. C., Sept. 14th. 1912. LEARN TELEGRAPHY and earn $30 to $100 per month. Thous- andsof operators needed. Most fascin ating and educational work. Positions assured all graduates, Write immedi ately for catalogue. SPARTANBURG SCHOOL OF TELEGRAPHY; Main St., Sp' ''unhiir/. 8 C. Pension Notice. Notice Is hereby given that under the present law. the Barnwell County Pension Board will meet on salesday in February and March instead of th» days In March and April, as heretofore. All applicants for pensions will please forward tbelr elalma to the Board at oner G. E. Birt, Pension Commissioner.