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as.\- The Barnwell People. Entered at the post office at Barnwell, S. C., as second-class matter. JOMM W. HOLMES 1640—1912 B. P. DIUIK8, Editor and Proprietor Subscriptioua—Hy the year »1.25; six months, 75 cents; three months, 50 cents. All subscriptions payable in advance. Adv«rtiMin«nts-L e g a 1 advertise ments at the rates allowed by law. Lo cal reading notices 10 cents a line each insertion. Wants and other advertise ments under special head, 1 cent a word ea£h 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 advesnSing not subject to cancellation after first insertion. Communication.—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. character except as a paid advertise ment, and for that reason it was sent to the waste basket. The Allendale Herald thinks that something awful should be done to the man that put “bar" in Barnwell, but we would like to know if the man that put “ale” in Allendale isn’t guilty of a more heinous offence? THE Another murder blackens the fair name of Barnwell County. Just about how much is a man’s life worth in these days when pardons are issued by the wholesale? + + a + + + + + + + + + + + i THURSDAY. DECEMBER 11, 1!113. Yellow Journal! .m Last week the country at large, and South Carolina and Georgia in parti cular, was given at the expense of Barnwell County an example of what is commonly termed “yellow journalism “ So great is the demand for sensational news that the facts in connection with the murder of E. P Best were colored and distorted until a reader, unac quainted with the true state of affairs here, would have thought that the county was peopled with a set of blood thirsty hoodlums and that Barnwell was bordering on a state of anarchy A dispatch from Columbia stated that forty negroes, arrested on suspi cion, were in immunent danger <>f lx- mg lynches!, while a headline in the Sumter Watchman and Southron read as follows “Mod Thirsty for Blood Barnwell I ‘eople Seek to Butt her Ne groeu Arrested on Suspicion The situation was tense, it is true and had the guilty parties !>een caught immediately after the tragedy there is little doubt but that they would have been summarily dealt with Th< prompt aition of Sheriff Morris in carrying his prisoners to Columbia no doubt prevented a display of mob \ io lence. To the munis of many men. there seemed to be strong provocation to take tbe law m tin r« own bands nm! wrq^t their vengi .mce on the man or I • I 4 it it b< ing sjilesil\ i men guilty of the assassination of their ! the u- • . t.ours of fellow citi/en This stain has been h’Wrig des , that i eMail kept from the records of the counts. n ar|M%I > but a wrong impression, and one that It W’l Rountree-Dunbar. Meyer's Mill, December 6.—The mar riage of Miss Mary Rountree and Mr. James Dunbar was a pretty event of Wednesday, taking place at high noon at the Baptist church at Meyer’s Mill. The church was filled with an interested throng of friends and adorned with smilax and Xmas wreathes. The music was rendered by Miss Susie Dunbar, the tones of the wedding march an nouncing the entrance of tne bridal party. Eirst came the ushers, Mr. C. C. Meyers and Mr. J. B. Kirkland, who were followed by the other attendants in the following order: Miss Effie Brabham with Mr. Herbert Meyer; Miss tiussie Dunbar with Mr. Willie Snel- lings; Miss Emma Rountree with Mr. Tom Hankinson. The bride entered with her maid-of- honor, Miss Pauline Hankinson of this city, and met the groom at the altar, he having entered w ith his best man, Mr. William Dunbar The ceremony was performed most impressively by the Rev. Mr Clarke of Augusta The bride wore a handsome tailored suit of blue broadcloth with a blouse of soft blue chiffon over cream lace, and a small Imjuc hat Her flowers were bride's roses The maids all wore lovely dresses of soft cream cloth with black plush hatN and carried armsful of pink Killarncy roses Immediately after the ceremonv a reception was held at the h'^pitahh home of Mr and Mrs .1 H and the congritulat I'ins friends received pr* vein* t.i tin « of Mr and Mrs I > ri n., ding journey t > NY * ^ . a k * + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + * + HOME BANK The Home Bank Has helped wonderfully to build up the Commer cial and Agricultural enterprises for Barnwell and Barnwell County, and the people are showing their appreciation by their liberal deposits. Join the Army of Depositors at The Home Bank. Turn Over a New Leaf Protection vs. Sentiment Protection Bank of Western Carolina. $843,500 Total of the (Nine Other Baidis in Barnwell County $383,500 e-- Excess in favor‘Bat>k of W. C $460,000 In the only true test of protection to its de- "pefeitors that any bank can offer—that is, its capital and its surplus—the Bank of West ern Carolina furnishes considerably over twice as much protection as do the other nine banks in Barnwell County as a whole. 4 per cent Paid in Savings Department •J Bank of Western Carolina aK’s.c: Barnwell, S. Cf To those who have not been customers of 11 ill lop Stables in the past, we say, “Turn over a new leal an 1 resolve that hereafter you will buy your horses arvl mules at the place where the square deal is the watch- Wold • I -o" selling more and better Horses, Buggici, C .w nugr-,, Wagons, Whips, nan ever betore. an i still hive on hand •tSA'yj* Mrrw m. PBasn*,- To YOU* I •> Vr! ■ iMJf b* ISTIMTI. am Mules, # » T h *» Stm X'.tA ..nte a number <<t tresh ■t tie \\ es’t ru n: at set s Stock • e 0x; :ne cream want vou K.r k.niid • f many 0 . d. ear mi a w. 1 w 0 N Y i. .on i TT 'U, ' : ■ : I '• ; i r» v out c w Nfr I M. V.Ufg nf la W in ti I w n Ml eidj v at* ■ i. ! cal led It The I'll I, I ' / *,• • turning home Mastcr'i Sale. Slat. ,f s , u th i 'j ,, , Bailo*. . I ( ourt of i .miI", a M :ss V I Cro't Buggies. Wagor.s, Harness d Hi, W i c ■ l . n HgS I.'t Vdd sof I I >. f. Charlie Brown, Barnwell. S. C. f * Hv v r ti dl l e. ted . I, On a ' ■. W g s. i' Ha I ' vv . • • HI f t I ! ■ ' i, m- i 'll \1 '■ V . tiOUl s of s.i i r i! ied i. a pr >, o 't nf .and n O,. sud sl.t. a t bou lid* d on t t.e Ni e i h 11 , H I im m I ’hoe f,. \ ! I o ft fast v take months to < oi n < t, lias b» en 1 | Ns , rv f, , . ^ , ijt » tlV t>, \\ given the reading public Idle regular Barnwell eor n sputid. nt of the daily papers confined buns, f solely to a delineation of the bare ta< ts in the tragedy, which, the Lord knows. I M hllv a i i ating it fi' .in U ■ t 11 V st 1 . a .1 \\ U : w.. i Ms, Mlth.it l"t of land m ?b t■'w n . Huiiw.ll, s,,,) State a nd i on nt v. r.i'i - taming one f lurth 14 of .ui a. n . more or l.-ss bounded Notth bv t'aio- were harrowing enough Jtut a report, j | 1M ., M u |land Kiglit.dwav I .o- | lV |,,t ot \ no \ d<! is, ni. Si ni t h h v i >t 'i M H 11.q' m ,d and est Io sti • > t I be t w o abov e lies. rib. d lot adioming and fortning one largi higtily colored, was sent out from tier, and around this a st nsational fabrica tion was woven by those iinae.|uaitited with the true state of affairs. This article is wntten in justice to the law-abiding people of the town and county. In a speech in Anderson week before last, Governor Blease bitterly attacked the Wilson administration. Mr. Wil son, on several occasions, has shown his friendship for the Southern farmers and the South as a whole. The Demo cratic majority in the Senate is exceed ingly small. Mr. Blease, judged by his utterances, is not in sympathy, with the Wilson policies, yet he claims to be a Democrat. Why send a man, bitterly antagonistic to the best interests < f the South, to represent South Carolina in the Senate? For all practical purposes, we might as well elect a dyed-in-the- wool Republican. There’s food for thought in that, Mr. Voter. The People received a communication from the Rev. S. A. Nettles, of Green ville, last week, in which he requested that a statement in reference to his re cent trial before the South Carolina Conference be published. The state ment in question was a two-page ex tract ffom the Southern Christian Ad- vocate, which would make nearly a Of course, a week- hardly be expected to •o lengthy an article of this J... 1. nils id s.iii cash pav Hu |>H|K-rv II. I X bring I-d urvhnx. r tu Master's office, I * ee. s. (l liannon Master Ldd. BARNWELL INSURANCE AGENCY u i i.i. i \^i i;i: YOUR LIFE, YOUR INCOME, YOUR HOME, YOUR STOCK Insurance of every description and Surety Bonds written at lowest rates in old 1 me Companies. JOHN K. SNELUNG, MANAGER. Complete House Bills Estimated Free Mail in or bring your plans or builder’s list and get our estimate on your complete lumber requirements, from roughest boards to finest interior finish. Our designs in columns, newel posts, doors, sash, blinds, mouldings, etc., offer a wide range of choice, and we also mill to order. We operate our own saw and planing miPs. and own our own stumpage, which enable us to offei'high quality and low cost. Sec us before you build, “Buy of the Maker” AUGUSTA LUMBER CO. AUGUSTA. GA. STOMACH TROUBLE <SJ FOR FIVE YEARS Master’s Sale. State of South Carolina, \ County of Barnwell, i Court of Common Pleas. Janie Myriek, against William Priester, et al., Plaintiff, Defendants. By virtue of a decretal order to me directed in the above entitled cause, I will sell at Barnwell, in front of the Court House, on Monday, January 5th, A. D. 1914, it being salesday in said month, within the legal hours of sale, the following described real property: All that piece, parcel or tract of land, situate, lying and being in the above named State and County, known as the Tamer E. Priester Homestead Place, in Sycamore Township, and bounded on the North by Joe Goodson; East by Ben Baker; SouttTby lands of H. C. Ravsor, now Sanders, and West by lands of W. E. Carter, and said land to contain about 405 acres, more or less. Also: All that piece, parcel or tract of land situate in the above named State aivd County, near the town of Barnwell, containing four (4) acres, and bounded North by lands of Alonza Harley; on the East by estate lands of MY A. Al drich; on the South by estate lands of M. A. Aldrich and on the West by the Public Road leading from Barnwell Court House, South Carolina, to Augusta, Ga., which laid road separates this land from lands of Harriet Hunter. Terms of sale cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. H. L. 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