Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I* fe- #*; ' ' B. P. DIVIKS, Editor and Proiirietor - Subacriptiout— By the year 11.25; si* months, 75 cents; three months, 50 tents. All subscriptions payable in advance. Advertisement*—-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 each insertion. Liberal contracts made for three, six and twelve month. Write ferrates. 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. Communication*—We are always glad to publish news letters or those per taining to matters of public interest. We reouire 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- aible for the opinions expressed in any communication. THURSDAY. JANUARY 1, 1914. Our Plan*—Pa»t and Future. The Barnwell People has been under the present management for one year. We took over the paper the first issue in January, 1913. At that time it was a poorly piinted four-page paper. In —our first issue we announced that im proved machinery and type would be installed and everything possible done to issue the BEST newspaper in the county. We installed the type and ma chinery, enlarging the sheet to eight pages. How well we have succeeded in publishing the best paper Jn the county we will leave to the good judg ment of our readers. We do not wish to appear boastful, but instead of an eight-page paper each wfcek, on several occasions we have is sued ten pages, one sixteen-page and one twenty page edition, the latter twb being our Christmas and Fair Week numbers, respectively. We have tried to cover the news of .this section as completely as possible and in our edi torial columns we have tried to “tote fair’’ with everybody. We have possi bly made some mistakes. We expect ed to do this, but we promised our rea ders that we would try not to make the same mistake twice. We hope that we have pleased you If honesty of effort counts for anything we think that we have succeeded. Many kind friends have expressed their approval of our efforts and their finan cial support has been all that we could ask. However, there have been some of our subscribers who have not re- spondeb to our requests for settlement of their dues and to those we would like to say a word or two: A large part of our revenue is derived from our sub scriptions. Every year's subscription that is not paid represents to us the loss of $1.25. Taken singly, they do not amount to much, but in.,the aggregate they total a very respectable sum. The neglect of 400 subscribers to settle tht?ir dues means a loss to us of $500. Now, a paper, like anything else, must either move forward or back ward—we cannot remain at a stand still. We are ambitious enough to want to go forward. But we cannot do this without help—and when we say “help” we mean the prompt settlement of the accounts justly due us. Our business is growing, thanks to the support of our friends. We need additional ma- Th« Co»t of South Carolina suffered a Toss by fire of $1,838,875.28 in 1913. 670 fires were of unknown origin, causing a loss estimated at $1,224,251.04. Careless ness caused 174 firls with a loss of $79,196.50. Rats and matches caused 38 fires with a total loss of $37,- 445.82. There were 128 fires caused by lightning with a loss of $40,903.03. De fective flues caused 137 fires with a loss of $82,786.02. Fifteen fires were caused by oil stoves and the loss was $7,358.77. Sparks on roofs caused 203 fires with a loss of $46,347.15. Forty- seven fires were supposed to^have been of incendiary origin and caused a loss of $58,234.06. These figures are furnished by the State department of insurance from reports submitted by insurance companies. The total loss is an appalling sum and The People wishes once more to im press upori its readers the necessity for exercising every precaution in hand ling fire. Let us suggpst once more that all chimneys be burned out before the high winds of March begin to blow. Nineteen days after he murdered Mr. Best on the streets of Barnwell, Scott Madison, a negro, paid the penalty for his crime by electrocution at the State penitentiary. The trial, conviction and execution of Madison followed in swift succession after the^commission of the crime, and afford the most striking example within criminal his tory of the fadjily with which Courts may deal with criminals.—Orangeburg Times and Democrat. It takes such summary meting out of justice to offset in some measure the unwholsome effect of wholesale par doning. Until the people of South Carolina are made to fear and respect the law r , homicide^ will increase. 1913, with its joys and sorrows, is now history. Live not in the past but turn your face to the promise of the future, while you put a sturdy shoulder to the wheel of the present. Write it right—1914. Editor of the Barnwell. People. - j, n - Dear Sir:- It is a matter worthy of note, and for which to give thanks, that the plan of providing “community trees” at Christmas time has become so widespread. Personally I have endeavored for years to workatong this line. Eighteen years ago in a town of North Dakota, upon my initiative, there was held a joint entertainment and Christmas-tree for the whole community. We first be gan with a view to provide for the members of the different Sunday Schools. Then the question arose as to what to do in the case of children who were not enrolled in any Sunday School. We did not feel like leaving them out. So that finally our plan jembrafced a pre^ ucy Tison am]l T. escribed by plat E. Master’s Sale. State of South Carolina,) County of Barnwell. ( Court of Common Pleas. Janie Myrick, , against William,Priester, et'al., Plaintiff, Defendants. By virtue of a decretal order to mt- directed in the above entitled cause, I will sell at Barnwell, in front of the Court House, on Monday, January’5th, A. 1). 1914, it being salesday in said month, within the legal hours of safe, the following described real property: All that niece, 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; South by lands of H. C. Eaysor, 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 and County, near the town of Barnwell, containing four (4) acres, and bounded North by lands of Alonza Harley; on th.e East by estate lands’ of M. 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 said road separates this land from lands of Harriet Hunter. Terms of sale cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. H. L. O’Bannon, Master. Master’s office, Dee. 9th, 1913. 4 i Sheriff’s Sale. State of South Carolina, County of Barnwell. ■* Court of Common Pleas. Mutual Fertilizer Co., Plaintiff," VS. T. B. Harley, Defendant. By virtue of an execution to me di rected in the above entitled cause by W. H. Duncan, Clerk of Court for Barnwell County, I have levied upon and will sell at Barnwell, in front of the Court House, on Monday, January 5th, A. D. 1914, it being salesday in said month, at 12 o’clock M., the following described real property, to-wit: All sent for every child within a radius of ] that tract or parcel of land, situate in about five miles from town. 1 U s a l?^ ( 4 I Cb , unt y- S , : C ” k ' 1 .°' vn as , P'? rt ,,, * , it a / * I ot I. B. Harley land, containing thirty- e had a \ary enjoyable entertain-1 ^ rce acreSi more or less; bounded ment in the opera house. The Roman 1 North by Wood, East and South by Catholic priest, (a Frenchman), the | Homestead-aet-off for T. B. Harley, and Baptist minister, and the present writer 444 ky buuls of Barker. v ,, , , . . ., ... I erms ot sale cas'h, purchaser to pay all had part in the preparations. Need- 1 - ess to say the occasion was one long to Every one was highly be remembered, pleased. Six years ago, upon the occasion-of my first Christmas in Barnwell, I was instrumental in working up something of the same sort in Barnwell. The scope of that event was not as wide as the former one; yet it was in the direc tion of a community affair. The succeeding year the individual Sunday Schools did not seem disposed chinery and material for the quick and to re P eat tfle occasion. Por that rea son no further attempt along that line for papers. J. B. Morris, Sheriff. Sheriff’s office, December 15th, 1913. ; economical production of printing. One of the desires of the editor’s heart is a type-composing machine, with the aid of which we could issue an “all-home- print” paper, besides doing a large amount of job work that is now sent away from Barnwell to printers in other parts of the State. If each and every subscriber on ouMjst whp is' due us for subscription would sehte up now, we could realize our wish. Understand, we are not asking for cbArity, but merely that you “render unto Uaesar the things that are Cae sar’s.” By doing this you will reap direct benefit by getting a better paper has been made, But in view of the fact that the com munity idea is coming to prevail so widely would it not be advisable, even as early as the present, to begin to con sider the plan for adoption in Barnwell for next Christmas? A. E. Evison. Barnwell, S. C., Dec. 26, 1913. giu.-: '1? for your money. -In conclusion, wfr wiafe-io-thank- our The negroes may read this, from The Philadelphin Record, with understand ing: “It is, of course, the simple truth that the negro has been disfranchised in practically all the Southern states because of his failure to grasp his duties and responsibilities as ah elect- or. By committing himself en masse to the RepubjWi^ party and voting, without intelligence, as he was told to do by unscrupulous demagogues he Auditor’s Appointments. The Auditor will be at the following places on the dates named below v for the purpose of receiving tax returns for the year 1914. Snelling, January 12 ■ Dunbarton, “ 13 Robbins, “ 14 Millett “ 15 Baldpck, “ 16 Appleton, “ 17 Appleton, “ 'T8 Kline, “ 19 Barton, — 26 Allendale, “ 21 Allendale, “ 22 Fairfax, “ 23 Fairfax, ' “ 24 Blackville, “ 26 Blackville, “ 27 Elko, “ 28 Williston, “ 29 Williston, “ 30 Ulmer, February 3 Sycamore, “ 4 - Jenny, “ 5 Mercatus, “ 9 Hilda, V 10 # , Both real and personal property shall be returned this year. All returns aentin by-mail. must -he properly signed and probated, and sent in by thV^Oth of February, 1914, before they can be ^ccepted. Remember oOjier cent, penalty will be added after Feb. 20. Protection vs. Sentiment Mrs. E. M. Parham in her own righ and as administratrix of the estate of T. C. Parham, deceased, ' Plaintiff, - f - against „ ■ Hattie Parham, et ah, - - 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 ofsale, the following described real property: AU that certain piece, parcejbr lot of land situate, lying and being in the corpor ate limits of the town of Allendale, containing three (3) acres, that is to say: two hundred and ten feet on the road leading from the town of Allen dale to the estate of Stoney, which road is the southeast boundary and running back 517 feet and bounded on the northeast by lands of T. E. Googe; on the northwest by lands formerly of Mrs. P. H. Tison; on the-southwest by lands formerly of Mrs. Lucy Googe and better cic made on the 9th day of October, A. D 1905, by Jas. M. Patterson, Surveyor. Terms of sale cash. ” rurch&ser to pay for papers. H- L. O’Bannon, * Master. Master’s office, Dec.'8th, 1913. Bank of Wettern Carolina.... Total of tke (Nine ‘Other Bai.k* in Barnwell County.... Protection $843,500 $383,500 our readers- to ^friends and customers for their past j and,his disfranchisement followed as a I measure of self-protection. To many this has often seemed extreme injustice ' but the Republican* hSve noi apptar In oar colums. who art Subscribe k The Excet* in favor^Bank of W. C. $460,000 In the only true test of protection to its de positors thabhny bank can offer—that jg, 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. 1 ^4 per cent Paid in Savings Department Bank of Western Carolina Head Office: Aiken, S. C. Barnwell, S. C. [ $ Sewing Take‘care of your eyes — don’t strain them with harsh glaring light—when you can have the soft clear light of the Rayo Lamp. The Rayo costs little but better can’t be bought The Rayo Lamp is made of solid brass— nickel plated. Simple, durable, economical. Can be lighted without removing chim ney or shade. Easy tp rewick. The Rayo saves your eyes. For sale at all dealers STANDARD OIL COMPANY Wfcyhington, D. C. (New Jer*ey) Charlotte, N. C. BALTIMORE Charleston, W. Va. Charleston, S. C. Master’s Sale. State of South-CtroiiiU, Barnwell County. Court of Common Plea*. Miss F. L. Croft, Plaintiff, , against Vicy Addison, Defendant. By virtue of a decretral order to me directed in the above entitled cause, I will sell at Barnwell,’ in front of the Court House, on Monday, January 5th. 1914, it, it being salesday in said month, within the legal hours of 4Utle the fol lowing described real property: All that certain lot of land in the Town of Barnwell, said State and County, bounded on the North by lands of Wil liam Phoenix 110 feet; East by lands of Lydia Myers 106 feet; South by lands of ~. M. Tilly and West by street sepa- l. W. Woodward. ..THIS is EVERYBODY’S ■ ■ ■■ «? — sroifei —— i We rator-to the requirements of Everybody!' We’ve goods for every member of the family, from Grandpa down to Babyl The man or woman with but a small sum to invest in the necessaries of life will receive the same Courteous treatment and the same propor tionate measure of good value for the money spent as the cuiftd/J'or who has just sold jjfr bales-^of cotton r.t the'top of the market We carry a full and com plete line of Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Shoes, .HatS— hi fact, any and everything for the needs of the aver-, age American family. When bargain-hunting, see— • r ■ >- BLACKVILLE. S. C. We Pay Highest Cash Prices for r Don’t give your profits away—ship direct to us by express and get your money next day. We pay highest prices for green and dry hides of all kinds Beeswax, Tallow and old Metals, old Rubber and Furs. Try us with a shio- ment now. Send for Price List CAROLINA HIDE & JUNK CO. CHARLESTON. S. C. rating it‘from lands of J. j * All that lot of land in the town of Barnwell, said State’and County, con taining one-fourth (1-4) of an. acre, more or less, bounded North by Caro lina Midland Right-of way; East by lot - of Vicy Addison; South by lot of M. B^; Hagood and West by street. Tne two above described lota being adjoining and forming one large lot. Terms of sale cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. H. L. O’Bannon. ~ Master. Master’s office, Dec. 8, 1913. > Master’s Sale. • State of South Carolina, ) ^ ’ Barnwell County. ( ' Court* of Common Pleas. Weller Rothrock, . . Piainti against Nannie Kummer, Adeline - Kamm -John C.' Hammer, and Herman Brown and Isadore Brown, known as Simon Brown’s Sonsj . Defendants, Weller Rothrock, ; ■ •• •=!..- - -v—r- Plaintuf,- , against ; Nannie Hammer, John C. Hammer,, and Herman Bibwn and Isadore Brown, known as Siihqn.Brown’s Sons, ~ : Defendants. Decree. Consolidating actions and for sale in foreclosure. V • .* 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 . r——- moptb, within the legal hours 'of sale, the following descrihecf ’real property: , , .- l - That Ipt of land situate fn the Town of Blackville, County of Barnwell and State 'hLSputh Carolina, and known ns the Nannie Hammer place, being that Hof of land measuring and bounded South by DexteKStreat one hundred .." feet; on the West by Lartigue-Street one hundred and fifty feet; North by lot of the estate of Simon Brown one hundred feet and east by lot ! of Levy and wife, one hundred and fifty feet. » « ~ . Also. ' That lot of land situate in the .Town of Blackville, County of Barnwell and State of South Carolina, and known as The Adeline Hammer Place, measur ing one hundred and five feet, more or . , less^on its eastern and western boun- dai fes, one hundred and, fifty feet, more or less, on its northern and south-- ern boundary litjrs, and bounded north by estate of j. 1). Whittle; east by Lar tigue Street; South by lot of H. l5. Still and on the West by lot of H. D, Still and lot of the Railroad Company. Terms of sale, one-half cash, remain- der in one year from day of sale to be • secured by bond of purchaser and mortgage of premises drawing interest hT8 per cent per annum, or all cash at 'option of purchaser. - ? 7 H. L. G’Bannon, *♦ Master. • ^ Master’s office, Dec. 8fhr 19ll m State of South Carolina,) County of Barnwell. ( ^ Court of Common Pleas. W. W. Woodward, '7 . v v Plaintiff, vK Clayton S. Warner, Bessie Golding, Charles H. Golding, Barry Golding, and Gerard CpldingTs. Defendants* . SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. (Complaint Served.) ■. " To the Defendants: You are hereby summoned and re quired to answer the complaiift in this action, of whidh a copy is/herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscribers at their offich in Hampton, South Carolina, within twen ty days after the service, hereof, ex-~ elusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, that plain tiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the ! a complaint. i-* 47 Dec. 3, 1913. "Warren & Warren, Plaintiff’s Attorneys. State of South Carolina, 1 County of Barnwell, j Court of Common Pleas. W. W. Woodward, Clayton .S. Warner, Dessie Cblding, Charles H. Golding, Barry Golding,— and Gerard Colding, vs. Warner, Plaintiff, Dr. J. P. Lee, Jr. Dentist WLLtSTONT -1 -““SnC: Work done at yhur home anywhere in Barnwell County. '/’•"Office over Bank of Williston. Hours 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. 3 to 6 p.m. to Lend ^QaiffiBtQygjyana:l$Qds-woll Inrntri H'A'IWWffflcE- NOTICE. 9 the t defendants, Dessie Coldir Charles H. Colding, Barry Colding, and Gerard Colding, AbsenT" defendants. in amounts from $2,000 to $50,000. Don’t write, call on undersigned. V.S. OWENS, Any. ■ Office over Barnwell Sentinel. CAR( ppp mf ' "wi That th% summons in this action, of" which the above j s a copy, together with the complaint was filfd in tfie_of- oT Coil rFTor“Barh well' County on the 5th • 7, ' * j- . 7. Warren,