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§ Tb« Barnwell People. 4 » T Enttrfd *t thr po«t offir<* nt Barnwell, S. C., ns second-class matter. JOHN W. HOLMES 1840-1912 B. P. DflyiliS, Editor and Proprietor Itie year months, payable MX "it I in Sub.criptiou.— By months, To. cents; three cents. All subscriptions advance. Adverti*«ment. —L jx a I advertise ments at the rates allowed by law. Lo cal reading notices 1(1 cents a line each insertion. Wants and other advertise ments under special head, 1 cent a word each insertion. Liberal contracts made for three, six and twelve month. Write for rates. Obituaries, tributes of re spect, resolutions, cards of thanks, and all notices of a personal or political character are charged for as regular advertising. Contracts for advestising not subject to cancellation after first insertion. Communications—We are always glad to publish news letters or those per taining to matters of public interest. We require the name and address of the writer in every case, not for publi cation but for our protection. No arti cle which is defamatory or offensively personal can find place in our columns at any price, and we are not respon sible for the opinions expressed in any communication. THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 19K!. Every possible acre of land in this ■ection is being planted in cotton, and there will be more fertilizer sold at Springfield during the year Ibid than was ever sold in one season before. We take the above from a dispatch from Springfield to the Augusta Chron icle. It looks like somebody is going “broke” this Fall, unless by some re mote chance the men who control the price of cotton are asleep on the job If the farmers of the entire South are making the same plans as the Spring- field farmers, another bumper crop wil) b* made and the price will be ham- wertd dvwa f9 a starvation —bank ruptcy figure. It is a mystery to us why the farmeri cannot realize that the larger the crop they make, the smaller is the price they twelve fttr Iheir product It is a m.V ter of record that more money was re ceived for the ten million bale crop of several yean ago than for the sixteen million bale crop of 1911 And yet they will go ahead and enlarge their acre age and pile up big fertilizer bills when they know that excessive production meant low pnees Will some good fnend please teM ut the answer' 3 fancy easily turns to thoughts of msk- ing the nee for Governor. I DC D LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. U DC DC DC Up to the Authorities. The People heartily commends the action of the Gnnd Jury last week in swearing out three warrants against alleged blind tigers. As we have re marked before, it is only possible to break up these pernicious violators of the law by pemstent effort. The mat ter should not be allowed to rest. Let the authorities redouble their efforts to restore some semblance of law and order in this county. From the many expressions of approval that The Peo ple haa received in the past few weeks, relative to its stand on this question, we cannot and do not believe that the lawless element is in the majority. The people expect the powers that be to perform their sworn duties, gentlemen, it’s up to you. “The Eternal Question." To the Editor of The Barnwell People: Concerning the status of the ever lasting question, allow me - to say that in spite of the Webb bill and m spite of the action (if our G.-.nnl and Petit Juries during this last week of court- in spite, I say, of the tokens of progress toward better tilings and civic right eousness, we still have doubters among us. These doubters and petitioners deceivingly say, ' The land to which we travel is goodly to look upon, temper ate and full of peace, yet it is now- filled with giants,—large brawny armed men, with large red noses, who hand out 'fire-water' with great delight.” Like the douhtiful and rebellious peo ple who followed Moses, let them not deceive us hack to the land of licensed “fire-water.” Why? Our race must progress or it will die. What government can attain its object—to protect, purify and up lift—that pays its highest tribute to the law of God, yet at its very source li censes and throws the garb of respect ability around an evil, the final end of which is to destroy life? A reform forward never was perfected by drop ping back to the battlefield of yester day. Why' 3 Who said just yesterday, “As long as a wet State is allowed to ship w hiskey into a dry State, we can never have prohibition. 3 '’ Doubters. Who said, “As long as petit juries will not convict, we can never have prohibi tion -3 ” Doubters. Since the Red Sea refuses to divide its waters, why can not the land tie possessed. 3 I stand by you, Mr Officer, as do ail law-abiding citizens, for the enforce ment of law and order Why desire to fall back to easy street, for if the State government fell by licensing the evil, how can we, in the form of weak hu manity. stand the pressure 3 There fore, let all law abiding people stand on the \antage ground just gained, lest this giant evil, like an oetupus, en twine itself about us and in the mights bs serpent arms we are ( rush ed. jl L CREECH March 22. 19Ft Crime end Panithment Last Thursday two white men werv convicted of murder in South Carolina, one in Kershaw and another in Ches terfield, but a shooting affmr oecured in Ridgeville between white men, three white men were arrested charged with house-breaking at Whitmire, the fore man of the Spartanburge, grand jur> swore out warrants for the arrest of thirteen men charged with violating the liquor laws and it was announced that eighty-seven cases awaited trial in the criminal court of Barnwell coun- ty. Nevertheless, the infliction of pun ishment on criminals remains the best means so far discovered for the preven tion of crime —The State — • 4^ • —- — Wkat aa Aikaa Giri Did. Mias Lillie May DuBoae of Aiken, a member of the Aiken County Canning club, put up 1.492 quarts of canned goods from one-tenth of an acre of to matoes. Her canned goods are valued at 181 43—Southern School News CorttC aCrosa.O delinquent subscriber, trfth the few shekels that are due us, Otherwiw do not be surprised if your paper itops coming, as we are forced to comply with the rules and regula tions of Uncle Sam’s post office de partment. If you cannot pay all, send us a part and tejl us when you can pay the baL ance. We dislike to cut off any of out- friends. Better attend to the matter today, while it is fresh on your mind. Do it now. It is Tmthoritively stated that Mrs. Woodrow Wilson is not a suffragette. Why should she waste her time suf- fragetting around when, if she has ~herhusband as well under control as most married women have their old men, she’ll be president Of the United States after next Tuesday at high noon? But, neighbor, you seem to have entirely overlooked the fact that our President has conclusively shown on a number of occasions that he recognizes no boss. v Sickness in the family of the editor has prevented him from giving the usual amount of time to the preparation •f this week’s issue of The People, and Hi readers are asked to overlook any shortcomings. this year of grace the politician's TRICKS WITH WEDDING RING Why? The Bamberg Herald says: “Several carloads of cattle have been shipped from this point recently to the butchers They were cattle which had been fat tened by planters near town.” But why only “fattened?' r MASONIC BODIES FORMED. Chapter and Council Instituted at Allondale. Allendale. March 20—A chapter and council of Royal Arch Masonry was instituted yesterday at Allendale by John M. Graham, grand thrice illus trious master, assisted by J. L. Michie, grand high priest of the Grand chapter, and Frank 0. Hart, grand secretary of the chapter and council. H. Wolff of Allendale was elected high priest of the chapter; D. R. Hires of Hamp ton, king; J. H. Hewlett of Allendale, secretary. The officers of the coun cil R. and S. S. M., are as follows: J. E. Warnack, thrice illustrious mas ter; C. B. Farmer, D. M.; F. S. Davis, P. C. W. Major Charles Newnham Dead. Major Charles Newnham.a prominent citizen of Columbia, adjutant, general N. G.S.C., adjutant general 1st Brigade, N. G.S. C., died at his home in Columbia Sunday morning, aged 64 years. He was born near Bath, England, and after coming to this country took an active part in military affairs. His body efts laid to rest Monday afternoon ih Elm wood cemetery, after funeral Services conducted at the First Presbyterian Church. Almost any man can succeed if he has a lluie good sense and a little good nature. Queer Behavior of Circlet When Sus pended from String This is the mystery of the wedding ring. Can you solve it? Nobody, as yet has been able to account for its strange convolutions but maybe you will be more Hever. What makes the wedding ring swing? Why does it swing one way for a man and quite another way for a woman? Is it the difference in what wise men call “aura?” And a well known Lon don doctor has recently demonstrated that the aura of the male and female differ widely. Wedding rings often make the people who wear them, and even other per sons, behave in the most unaccounta ble manner, hut few of us have ever- seen a wedding ring itself indulge in mysterious performances, says The Chicago Tribune. And this is not a trick. Remember that. It is a scientific experiment, illus trating laws of physics, physiology or psychology. This is the way to go about it: Take a silver fork and place it before you on a polished wooden table. The tork should be at right angles from your body with the handle nearest you. Seat yourself at the table. Tie a piece of light string about To inches in length to a plain gold wedding ring. After the wedding ring has been tied to the extreme end of the string, wrap the other end of the string three times around the first joint of the first finger on the right hand. Hold the string in place around the first finger w ith, the ball of the thumb of the same hand. Blace your right elbow on the table beside the tork. with the forearm in a vertical position, and permit your hand to drop at a right angle from the wrist. This allows the string with the wedding ring attached to hang directly over the fork The ring must he suspended about one-quarter of an inch above the tork. and as nearly as possible at its center Place your left hand, flat and palm downward, upon the tab.c beside the fork Du vour best to keep \our hand steady, and thus prevent the string, with its attached wedding ring from swinging In spite id ; u gr ct- foris roil that thv wedd'iq* ] ring moves. If # man is holding the string the Aeddmg ring will commence slow.) tu sway back and forth along the fork | If a woman holds the string the ring swavs across the fork With some * * people the movement is slight, while w ith others it is marked, but at all times , it is unmistakable Now here s the most curious part If a woman is holding the string wheni th<» movement across the fork has once j been firmly established, let a man place his right hand firmly uj>on her left hand, which rests upon the table The ring will be seen slowly to stop its cross movement, and after a few mo ments the motion w ill be reversed The ring will swing the length of the fork A similar change of movement will occur in the event of a man holding the tiring while a woman places her right hand over his left hand. Can you account for this mysterious behavior of the wedding ring? GOOD manner!. A good manner, like the good nature that lies back of it, is not a thing to be thrown on and off like a dress coat. It is of the man as the aroma is of the rose. Good manner for special occasions is like religion for Sundays. It can’t hang with your best clothes in the clos et all the week without becoming stiff and musty. Unless it is a free, natural and con stant expression of your real spirit, it is nothing but a delusion, and it deludes nobody but yourself. If good manners are not practiced at home, but are allowed to lie by until occasion calls upon you to assume them they are sure to be a bad fit. You will be uneasy in them and look uneasy. It may be a small trifle to acquire a habit of saying “if you please” and “thank you” readily and spontaneously but it is no trifling defect in a young man to fail to do so. If you do not jump up te open the door and to get a chair for your sister and mother you will never be able to do the thing for any other woman with the naturalness that is true grace And some day you may forget to do it when the neglect will tell against you in the estimation of those whom you would gladly do much to please. Carelessness in dress and personal appearance amounts to bad manners. Lounging and untidy habits are other forms of bad manners. Profane and unclean speech is still another form. These defects never gained for you the respect of a single person, and never will. On the contrary they wear away your respect of self and demean you in your own eyes. They can be overcome only by constant watchfulness, not by sporadic efforts when you want to “show off.” Polished may be an empty word to the unpolished. Culture may mean little or nothing to the uncultured. But they are practical realities, and go far to produce an inward and corres ponding refinement of mind and spirit. The man o(good manners is at a tre mendous advantage. He can win favor and fortune under circumstances where the loose-mannered and sloven ly-spirited is left to grumble in failure and curse his “ill luck.” „ Laughter* Of The Dead. % (A B Williams in Roanoke Timi'« > From a remote ami mvr-terinn* an- ceifrv we inherit a horror and dread of death and the grave. Those old Xor-e and Scandinavian and Celtic forefather* of ours lived in an environ ment of force- the*- con'd no:, under stand. To Hiem hirtb wa« the heixin- nintz nml death was the end, until thev evolved from the craving human im agination* a crude and «t,orm mvtho- logv and a future of fighting and rude f«a*tlng. Their gods were of Uie tem pest and the volcanic fires and their goddess ■< r the soft breath of spring and the flower-coming up from the. ground. Their heaven wa« a Valhaha of licentiousness and clashing, victor- ious swords and conquest. Therefore to them death wa« mystery and awful ness. To us the jo.irnev from the womb to the grave should mean looking forward hopefully and joyfully. The grave thould nor he grewsome. The thought of laughter from it should not he gha«t]v It is said that as we grow n] 1 we leave behind u» an ever lengthening prnee.sion of tombstones True. And as we think hack there ernea to ua from the grave*, far and near, known and unknown, forg iven arid honored, laughter and smiies and the twinkling and sparkling . f eyes and happv and ringing and reverberating voice*, once constantlv fauCl ar. Plea»*nt things said to ii«. joke* made f «r us, s-ories toM to ii*. •■•.me ha'-k from the grave We can reca’l the smiles rp % . »*>nr wi'h rhe.e the rn isical m’onaf'ons < f the voice., the genial, comfortable, enlivening exp-eMion* of th* counten ance*. And whv should we not enjov these memories and I'nger over them arid cherish t em and give them n ,• la igh- t'r, even when those wi'h whom we laughed mav speak and sne e and laufh and buckle no more in this hfe and no *inrean|*»r o.|' ere* w i q, , a r ".' i 'g ati J ’.winkling cv-* f-om fn- *r.'ink to the grave, from, expect- rior, j-iifo! arid fearful to corsunmia- •lon fearful arid |ov’u'. It a »ho-t jo If. nev W e had best make the h r s r of it in two w aT* <>oe i* hr rememhf Meg the happiest of tho*e who have g-re before u*. recal lng their laug'i'e*- and tbel-beaurv and ifrength gnoU The nt h*r b v leaving beh nd n» * |.-g - acv of pie*a*n’ aughter to linger 'n the ear* of 'he manv who know each of u* and who turely wi ] Jive after us. to whom we are to leave pieaiant recollection* They mar 6* our children or our cloae a»*(e-i*te# or our neighbor* It i* fo” «• lo conaijer not only what la to happen to ua here- after, but what we are to leave behind ua here. And the very pooreat of ua can leave behind In tome man’s mem ory hearty laughter a woman’a tink- llig tniiaic*l. aweet laughter and amila to be recalled from at when we are In the grave and thoae who knew u* and laughed with u* are living: juat aa we may recall and enjoy the laughter an 1 mirth and muaic and brlghtneaa of th-»ae gone before us, remembering that aa birth 1* the beginning of one lite and death 1* the beginning of the other, the veara entervening are to be uaed to acquire and enjov happy mem- orle* and to l***ve them to be enjoyed. How Littlo It Coat. How little it eo»t», If we give it a thought. To make happy »ome heart each day ! Juat one kind word or tender amile, Aa we go on our daily way; Perchance a 1 >ok will auftice to clear The cloud from a neighbor’* face, And the preaa of a hand in sympathy A aorrowful tear efface. One w-alka la tan light t another go** All weary In the shade-; One tread* a path that i« fair and smooth, Another most pray for aid. It Coat* *o little! 1 wonder why We give it so little thought; A amile—kind words—a glance—a touch! What magic with them is wrought. —The Open Window. — —- A Boy 1 * Prayer. President Hyde of Bowdoin college ought to know something about boys. His famous ’’Boy’s Prayer” shows that he does: “Give me clean hands, clean words and clean thoughts; help me to stand for the hard right against the easy wrong; save me from habits that harm; teach me to work as hard and play as fair in Thy sight alone as if all the world saw; forgive me when I am unkind, and help me to forgive those who are unkind to me; keep me ready to help others at some cost to myself; id me chances to do a little good evtry day, and so grow more like s 4 qo /<; Fit as though made to your measure The national shoe of rational Shape. Correctly' designed outside and scientifically proportioned inside, assuring you of a generous measure of both style and comfort Try Ralston Authority Styles. .r* * uS? For Sale by Farmers’ Union Mercantile Co. ‘‘Everything to Elat and Wear” Barnwell, ::: South Carolina ■ 111 ■ ■ 11 »» . ■ i 1 ■ i ~ • + • + • + • + • + • + v* + *-f , *T**f*+aE*'i - **}** + *-5-*"r*-i**'r • + ••!•• + • + •+• + -1- •f + T + •h + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + HOME BANK OplLi!. Mcvkh'ilJ.-r' L;.ib:!i:.. Surplus l ndi\ iJ2J f’r<ii:l\ - DcP' .Mti 'f s GuJLink;-. DepoaaIt February 11th. 1911 Deposits February 11th, 1912 Deposits February 11th, 1913 S > i l,( k n i ( * 1 >1 '.( MUM 2. xl HU M w..44' lu I50.4J2.66 $58,477.70 $80,111.81 + + + + + + + •T + T- 1 “Watch the Horne (Sank Grow” Harr\ [>. Calhoun. President W. L. Cave. Ykc-Preudcnt Y G. W. W alker. Cashier W m. McNah. Asst-Cashicr Turn Over a New Leaf ) ) To those who have not been customers of Hill Top Stables in the past, we say, "Turn over a new leaf and resolve thaj hereafter you wiil buy your horses an 1 mules at the place where the square deal is the watch word.'’ ^T am selling more and better Horses, Mules, Buggies, Carriages, Wagons, Whips, etc. than ever before, and still have on hand quite a number of fresh stock—the cream of the Western markets—that I want you to see. With the New Year I am in a bettor position than ever before to supply your needs and my long experience makes me the best prepared dealer in this section to supply your e.’ery want in this line. Buggies, Wagons, Harness My stock of High Grade Buggies, Wagons, Harness, Whips, Lap Robes, etc. was never better, and hating used careful judgment in buying, I am enabled to oiler you exception al values. Come and see me. I know I can please you in both price and quality. Charlie Brown, Barnwell, S. C. The Largest Magazine in the World. Today’s Magazine is the largest and best edited magazine published at 50c per year. Five cents per copy at all newsdealers. Every lady who appre ciates a good magazine should send for a free sample copy and premium cata log. Address, Today’s Magazine, Can ton, Ohio. For sale—Home ground meal: a fresh supply each week at the Farmers’ Union Mercantile Company. Truth may alao bet joy forever; but it 1* seldom * thing of be*uty. We can supply you with No. 1 Timo thy hav at bargain prices. We buy in carload lots and can sell in any quan tity. See us. The Farmere Union Mercantile Company.