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. ~ ' r - v. ;■ Tb# Bamwll People Eaterwi at Um port office at Barfawell, . 8. C., m aecoad-claaa matter. m ¥> i" i; |«v. JOHN W. HOLMM 1640-1912 B. F. DIMES, Editor and Proprietor Snfecriptiou*—By the year 91.25; tix months, 75 cents; three months, 5Q cents. All subscriptions payable in advance. AdvertiaMMnta—L e g a 1 advertise- aents 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 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. , , . . Communication.—We are always glad to publish news letters of those per taining to matters of public interest. We reouire the name and address of the wnter 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 Running the Blockade By DONALD CHAMBERLIN THURSDAY DECEMBER 10. 1914. “Stop all durn Ki-o-tee howling, Chaw some sand and git some grit; Don’t sit in the dumps a-growlin’, Jump the roost and boost a bit.” —McClary’s Wireless. Darn It AIL The Regional Reserve banks opened recently and floaling around the coun try somewhere are about 9400,000,000 in emergency currency—that if we have the dope right. That would make about four dollars for every man woman and child in the country. All this is in addition to the money that was alleged to be in circulation before the regional banks opened. Now we have been looking forward to the release of all this money, expecting that we would, of course, get our four dollars. But where is it? We said nothing about this last week because we wanted to give William McAdoo and Paul Warburg a chance to get on Met and attend to the distribution. But two or three weeks have gone by and yet there is nothing doing This places us in an embarassing posi tion. We had learned that the Rock Island Railway was to have-been put up for aale at auction and we expected to be able to buy it. Now look at the hole we are in! Any day they may decide to put up the railway and here we are without our four dollars. We have made up our mind to one thing. If William McAdoo ever runs for pres ident, we will refuse to support him and will leave him flat on his back. ‘‘Procrastination is the thief of time.” Here we have been planning to buy some new type and machinery as soon as times get better and our dear delin quent subscribers come across with the shining simoleons, when lo and be hold! one of our exchanges announces that its “office is equip*ped with all the up-to-date type and printing machin ery.” One of the worst errors we have come across in several moons appeared in the esteemed News and Courier Monday morning, the headlines to the announcement of a marriage reading as follows: “Timmonsville Marriage: Miss and Mr Dead.” “The British Government is trying to make young Englishmen marry before they go to war. The idea would be to make them desperate.”—News and Courier. This scribe has evidently been attacking a Charleston waffle made during the absence of the cook. Judging from the number of pistols fired here when a fire “breaks out,” there are numbers of men who, like Italy, are maintaining armed neutra lity. Of all the unpronounceable names that we have seen so far in connection with the little unpleasantness across the pond, Szczerczow takes the cake. “King Comes Back from Battle Line.” —Headline. Well, that’s more than some steen hundred thousands of pri vates are going to da Many farmers in this section will have tnongh hog and hominy neat year to thefr own wants and some to Port BoyaL South Carolina, is S fine harbor. In that region are many is lands lying between the mainland and the ocean on which la produced what .Is called sea island cotton, an article of very superior grade. When the war be tween the states opened and the south ern ports were blockaded this was a favorite point for running the blockade with cargoes of this valuable cotton. Where It was grown it was worthless; beyond the Yankee blockading squad ron it was often-worth more than a dollar a pound. The United States government sent a naval and military force to Port Roy al to occupy the harbor, and adjoining the Islands, some fifteen or twenty miles from the mouth of the harbor, is the town of Beaufort, and one day during the early part of the war a steamer lay at the wharf taking on cot ton. A man on the deck was watching a gang of negroes rolling the bales aboard. A long, thin man with- lean cheeks and a tuft of beard on his chin and wearing a butternut suit came sauntering along and stood looking at the loading. “Are yo’ the cap'n o’ this hyer ship?" be said to the man on deck. “I am.” “I’m lookin’ fur trnnspo’tntion. 1 want to git out o’ thla dod rotted. Yankee ridden country. I’ve sold out my little plantation and put the money into cotton. I got twenty bales.” “Don't you know that the Lincoln government won't let any cotton leave the Confederacy?” “You don’t say sor “Yea. I’ll take your cotton for you. hot there’s a big chance of Its being captured by a Yankee gunboat lying off the mouth of the harbor. If so It will be confiscated.” “Waal, now, I reckon that’s Inter ferin' with a man's nnferal rights.” “But If you git It through. If It’s sen Island cotton, you'll make a small fortune out of It” “Welir “If yo’ want to take the risk I’ll carry It for you for 20 per cent of what yo’ sell It for." “Yo' goln’ to carry over this what yo’ tnkln’ a bon’d 7” “I’m goln’ to try.” “I’m nfeard I motight lose my cot ton.” “In that case yo’ bette’ not risk It" “But yo' say yo' goln’ to risk It with yo’ cotton.” "I am.” "What yo’ paintin’ yo’ ship that colo’ fo’r “That’s the color of a fog. I shall not go to sea till I can git a misty night That gray paint is exactly the shade of a misty mo'nlng Just befo’ day." A bargain was struck between the two. the captain agreeing to take the lean man and his cotton to England for 20 per cent of Its value In Liver pool provided the blockade could be run safely. The twenty bales were taken to the wharf and rolled aboard. The owner remained ashore till a fog gy night should enable the ship to get to sea. there being five chances of success to one of capture. Finally an east wind brought In mnrky weather, and the captain told hla passenger that there was a pros pect of her getting out early the next morning. Tbs latter went aboard wltb his baggage, a balr trunk, a bandbox and a leather case evidently contain ing a musical instrument But the captain, who was busy superintending getting the ship off. bad no time to inspect the passenger's baggage. 8teaming down on to the broader waters the ship cast anchor between two Confederate forts on either shore to wait for an opportunity. There were considerable wind and rain during the night, but nothing to conceal a ship. About 7 o’clock In the morning the wind lulled and a dense fog settled down. The captain concluded to try to slip out betweeu the gunboats outside the harbor. Just before the fog shut everything from view be took his bear lugs from bis compass and, with speed only snffleient for steerage way, aided by an outgoing tide, drifted to the bar bor’s mouth. On passing out a dim hulk appeared on his port quarter. He knew that it was a blockader, but he bad the ad vantage of his ship’s being the color of the mist and he passed safely. Half an hour passed, and he was congratu lating himself on having cleared the blockading sblpe, when from below there arose the resonant sound of a bu gle. Dashing down the companion- way, he followed the sound, which led him to his passenger’s stateroom. The man was practicing on a cornet The captain with a blow sent It scurrying ho the floor. “You Idiot P’ he exclaimed. "What «o you mean r "What do yo* mean yo’self? 1 al ways practice at this time o’ the morn- In’." "Fool! Do you want to lose your cotton f* Through a porthole they beard "Ship ahoy!” then “Heave tor and the captain knew It was all over. They were la possession of a Yankee gun boat The lean man waa a Connecticut Yankee, and his prise money for hla fervfcea amoonted to 910000a Hq bed V* tart to ‘prevent blockade ruflnthg had heart famished wltb mesne that enabled him te carry out fals pwpoes In hla ewm way. 4' J :?, ■ t THE BARNWELL PEOPLE 1 Year $1.25 Weekly SOUTHERN FARMING 1 Year $1.00 Weekly Total Value $2.25 This is a most unusual offer and a remarkable bargain—prices have been slashed. By dividing the expense between ourselves and the publisher of SOUTHERN FARMING this special offer is possible and you can save $1.00. Send your order now—if you put it off you might be too late—do it today before you forget it. 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