Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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at the post office at Barnwell,* 8. C. t as second-class nutter. JOHN W. HOLM** 1840-1912 B. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor Sebscriptious—By the year 11.28; six months, 76 cents; three months, 60 cents. All subscriptions payable in advance. Advertisements—L C 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 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 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 sible for the opinions expressed in any communication THURSDAY FEBRUARY 11 1915. r ~ ~ in .. , ■ Tailing Us How. ■ r There is nothing more irritating to the people of a small town than the air of superiority that people from larger towns have towards them and their village. It is hard to say just what prompts the city roan to feel greater than the villager, but he almost invari ably does, and what makes it worse, shows it in his actions. It is the weakness of the city people, this belief of theirs that country people are back numbers. The man from a city concern pays the country business mao a visit and shows plainly that he considers the little merchant a very small potato; but if he w^re wise enough to realize the truth of their respective businesses, he would know that the back-number merchant, as he looks upon him, is laying by each year more than the city chap is drawing as a hired man from a company that could find a thousand like him in a day's time. The narrow-brained lecturer drops into the small town, and at the beginning of his talk, mentions that he has changed his subject, “for fear the one announced would be over the heads of bis audience," and then proceeds ramble along fora couple of hours stale stories and disconnected ideas, boring his auditors half k> death. The Chautauqua entertainer, until he has had a good deal of experience; the traveling salesman, up to the time he becomes of some value to his house; the transient visitor, on a chance busi- nesa or pleasure trip; the young city employe, before he learns the lessons of the relation of capital to business, whenever it is employed—all of them make the same mistake of misjudging the capacity, the intelligence and the character of country people. * If there is such a thing as superiority between city and country folks, the latter have the best opportunity of se curing it. But as people, there is no difference between those who live in cities and those who live in the country. They all read the same newspapers, the same magazines and the same books; they hear the same lecturers, and see dhe same theatrical performances; they attend the same high schools and gradu- Me from the same colleges and univer sities; they take the same trips, visit the same vacation resorts, and make as many excursions abroad; they ride in Pullmans asjiften, and pay their bills as regularly; and when everything is leans oi cuiiu eeds to TOthi Editor J. K. Braedln, of the Manning Herald, scoras "My dear Appelt" for Ms alleged misuse of office for bis own private ggin. He also takes -the Clarendon County Board of Commis sioners to task for practising favoritism ■ • ■'V, • . instead of using business methods in the matter of the county advertising, the board having given The Manning Times an exclusive contract for same. Mr. Breedin talks straight froth the shoulder and calls a spade a spade. We notice that a number of our ex changes are publishing articles sent out by the National Farmer? union. Much of this matter is veiled advertis ing and pernicious in the extreme. Our brother editors would do well to read the proofs carefully before allow ing the articles to appear Jn their papers. There is just as much sense in a farmer buying his food and feed supply from the West as there would be in the proprietor of job printing office getting his own stationery printed elsewhere. Governor Manning is absolutely right in wishing all branches of the State government to work in harmony. The results of the past four years show what follows discord. * In straightening out the tangles of the past four years, our new Governor has a man’s job before him. TrmMwrm Ctok tVaahington, February 7.—Mrs. James F. Byrnes, wife of the Representative of the 2nd South Carolina district, has just been honored by election as treas urer of the Congressional Club, the leading organization of women at (he Capitol, after a run which her friends are mfschievnusly declaring shows re markable political talent. Although exceedingly popular, Mrs. Byrnes as one of the youngest members of the Congressional “set,” was some what handicapped when she entered the race, not having had so much time as the older Congressional matrons to acquire an organized following, as it were. This being the case, Mrs. Byrnes was defeated in the primary election by Mrs. Vollner, of Iowa, by a majority of 21 votes. In the two peeks’ interval between the primary and the real election, how ever, the fair South Carolinian made such headway in the affections of her colleagues of the Congressional Club that when the election came off she de feated Mrs. Vollner by an equal num ber of votes. The number participating in the elec tion was considerably larger than in the primary, showing the effectiveness of the electioneeriong that had been done on both sides. It seems strange that the primary and the eloction should be fought out between the same two can didates, but such is life at the Congres sional Club. There’s a reason, of course, if it’s only “because.” Like Mark Twain, the death of Gen eral Villa seems to have been greatly exaggerated. (I Letters to the Editor \ Did Not Oppoto Plan. Editor of The People:— In an article signed “Citizen” in your last issue of The People, the statement was made that the late Mr. W. Gilmore Simms opposed the plan to enclose Court House square with a fence. The writer was evidently misinformed, as Mr. Simms was heartily in favor of the plan and worked for its consummation. Harold A. Simms. A Ho* Formula. The People has received the follow, ing for publication: Please publish this simple, inexpen sive recipe for keeping hogs in good health: 10 pounds of sulphur; 2 gallons of cottonseed oil; 4 ounces carbolic acid; int turpentine; mix well and apply the hogs with a broom or paint brush lightly once or twice a week. It will kill all vermin and dean the pig of lice, f Keep your hogs clean of lice and if they are not fat they will never be sick. Citizen. Allendale, S. C., Feb. 4. 1915. Civic League Meeting. A called meeting of the members of the Civic League was held at the home of Mrs. N. G. W. Walker Tuesday morning for the purpose of discussing the plans to fence Court House square, the care of the grounds, etc. A com mittee composed of Mesdames N. G. W. Walker, J. A. Willis. H. D. Calhoun, B. P. Davies, and W. E. McNab was ap pointed to get catalogues and all infor mation possible on the subject, a re port to be made at the next meeting, which will be held at the home of Mrs. W. E. McNab Saturday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. This will be a very im portant meeting and every lady in town is earnestly requested to be present. It is planned to give a convert in the new school auditorium in the near future, under the direction of the Rev. A. E. Evison, half of the proceeds to be given to the Civic League. Talent from Allendale, Blackville, Barnwell and other cities will take part. Further announcement will be made later. APRIL 1 WITHOUT PENALTY. Wants Mora Information. Editor of The People: — In the issue of The People of January 28th you published a report of the sev eral county dispensaries throughout the State, showing amount of sales, amount of expenses and amount of profits. In this report Barnwell Coun ty makes rather a poor showing. Aiken sells 1232,967.50 worth of whiskey with an expense account of 117,688.88 and makes a profit of 158,119.33. Barnwell sells 112,325.29 more than Aiken with an expense account 13,995.86 less than Aiken, yet Aiken makes a profit of 18,- 364,31 more than Barnwell County. Will some member of the county dispensary board give us some explana tion of this? Can’t Mr. V. Seymour Owens, local member of the board and the only lawyer on the board, answer this and give us the desired informa tion? Vox Populi. Manning Sign* Measure Extending Tax Paying Tuna. Columbia, February 5.—Governor Manning to-night signed the joint reso lutions extending to April 1 the time for the payment of taxes withnut pen alty. After that date a penalty of five per cent will be attached to unpaid taxes. The new Spring coat suits and dress es are now on display at Porter’s. Call and inspect the line.—adv. Notice of Final Discharge. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned will on Wednesday, March 10, 1915, file with Hon. John K. Snelling, Judge of Probate for Barnwell County, his final return as guardian of Annie M. Alexander, and apply for Letters Dismissory. Emmie W. Verritte, February 8, 1915. Guardian. counted, it is hard to point out any difference between them, except that the country people have the advantage pf freedom from the life in throngs and from the scramble for a livelihood with 'greataumbers contesting for a share. We have no contempt or criticism for . these who prefer to live in a city, but we do object to their attitude of scorn for the doings of those who live in the country or in small towns. There is no basisfertheir feeling of superiority, ‘ and, to a person with a proper under standing of the relations of things, it is nonsensical and uncalled-for. - W^s suspect that Columbia’s so-called "square meals” are responsible for the night meetings. The of tfctf honorable body are The Civic League. I was on the street not long since and overheard the conversation given be low between an old lady from Dunbar ton and her son: , “Who are those people coming out of the Clerk’s office?" “That is the Civic League of Barn well. They have been in there trying to get the Clerk to help them close up the road we always use when we come to Barnwell." “Is the Clerk going to do that?” “No, the man I was talking with said he is working all he can to stop them." “Why do they want to shut up the road we have been using all of these years?” “I don’t know.” “Why, all of you boys and your fath* ers have been friends of those people all of your lives. Why should they jw®! to shut up the road we use so mueh and make us go by the dispen sary or under the hill every time we come to Barnwell? It don’t look right to me. The whole county has a right to that road."-- I thought it only juat to every one concerned to let others have the view- point of this couple of Barnwell County folk*. I * **, : An Onlooker. •**•*-*♦*.. Fresh Norfolk Oysters We handle the freshest, choicest oysters on the market. A full line of candies, fruits, cigars, etc., etc., at all times. offering a big reduction in price on nil atlka, skirts and dresses. I have a splendid stock to select from but ad vise my customers to oome early before it is picked over. J. A. Potter, Barn well, C.—adv. Treasurer’s Notice. The Treasurer’s office will be open for the collection of State, County and School taxes levied for the fiscal year commencing Jan. 1st, 1914, from the 15 day of October, 1914, to 15th day of March, 1915 inclusive. A penalty of one per cent will be added from Jan. 1st, 1915 to Jan 31, 1915 inclusive. From February 1st to February 28, inclusive, a penalty of two per cent will be added for all taxes paid in February, 1914. From the 1st to the 15th of March, 1915, a penalty of seven per cent will be ad ded on all unpaid taxes. Books close Mch. 15th, 1915. LEVY. For state purposes 6 mills “ ordinary eounty purposes 5 1-2 mills “ back indebtedness 2 1-2 mills “ constitutional school 3 mills Total 17 mills Commutation Road tax will be $1.50 payable at same time as other taxes. Special School Levy. Ashleigh, Baldoc, Barbray Branch, Cedar Grove, Columbia, Edisto, Ellen- ton, Friendship, Greens, Harmony, Hilda, Kline, Meyers Mill, Morris, Mt. Calvary, New Forrest, Oak Grove, Pleasant Hill, Sand Hill, Seigling, Seven Pines and Tinkers Creek, 2 mills. Barton, Bloomingdale, Cave, Hickory Hill.Owens Cross Roads, Reedy Branch, Shady Grove. Sycamore and Upper Richland. 3 mills. Appleton, Big Fork, Double Pond, Healing Spring, Hercules, Lees and Ulmer, 4 mills. Dunbarton and Flko 5 mills. Blackville and Fairfax 6 " Williston 6 1-2 mills Barnwell 8 " Allendale 8 1-2 “ United States currency, gold and. silver coin, county and school claims properly approved will be received for taxes; checks and drafts will not be accepted for taxes except at the risk of the tax-payer. J. B. Armstrong, Treasurer Barnwell County. Barnwell, S. C., Sept. 15, 1914. I (profeegionaf Carb* EDGAR A. BS0WN JAS. JULIAN BUSH Attomeya-af-Law. Money to Loan in Small Amounts. Walker Building, • Barnwell, S. C Thos. M. Boulware, ATTORNEY AT LAW NcgoiUte on r>*Hl ••rata. Can «r a t 7% money In suma not le»« than *5,000.00. Office over Bank of Weetern Carolina, BARnUIELl S. C. JoHN J. Jones Attorney and Counselor at Law Practice in all the State and Federal Courts of South Carolina and Georgia. Prompt attention given to Collections. Office 413 Dyer Bldg. AUGUSTA, - - GEORGIA. Bell ’Phone 3237^ Barnwell Fruit Company *y?(jents fur (Bandies No. 666 Tbfctta » MALARIA « CHILLS 4 FIVER. Five or tix doaaa will baaak aav aaaa, mi * lake* 4m as a taala 4a Fever w« mot iLiUm* ^^jp/Sr^ a * >aV ’ll* ML DR. W. C. ©entut.-W Office hours: 8 :30 a. re. tfl|r A " Persons living away froi| will please make appoit mv coming By so doing t'bey of immediate service and nr. J. W. Re Dentist _■ i ; 1... k'-,. . _ . . In office last week of each month. ' ‘ ■/ A Barnwell, South Carolina Office in Harrlaon Building, octal-ia-iyr f Dr. J.P. Lee, Jr, ^Dentist WILLISTON, - - S. C. Work done at your home anywhere is Barnwell County. Office over Bank of Williston. Hours 9 a. m. to 1 p. m, 3 to 6 p. m. M-13-ly. . , I am offering a big reduction in price on all silks, skirts and dreaaea. I have a splendid sleek to select from bat ad vise my easterners to mom early before it la picked over. J. A. Porter, Barn-1 wtU. S. C.—edv. anemra TWO RMDS.WHICH WELL W0 TAKE? S TAJtT on the ROAD TO PROSPERITY today. The first milestone is a BANK ACCOUNT. It is a check against extravagance. Read the autobiography of any of our great captains of industry and finance. Invariably, close to the opening paragraph, he will tell of his, FIRST BANK ACCOUNT. It was the first milestone in his ROAD TO SUCCESS! IBa.-n-kr of “W"ill istOZCL, WILLISTON. SOUTH CAROLINA. FREE TRIP TO AUGUSTA and RETURN SPECIAL OFFER:—From now until April 1st, 1915, we will pay the railroad fare both ways, or any customer comipg into Augusta from Barnwell or Barnwell County, and who on such trip places an ortjer for Sash, Doors, Blinds, Etc., amounting to $410.00 or over. A splendid opportunity to secure free trip and attend to any business you may have in the City of Augusta, and if you do not need this amount of goods yourself, see your neighbors and bunch your orders. Prices,and quality guaranteed. Mail orders do not apply. “BUY OF THE MAKER” Augusta, Ga. ’Phone 275. NOT HOW CHEAP BUT HOW GOOD is whatfyoujshould consider when having repair work done on that Car of Yours. Mr. We have our garage well-equipped with the right kind of ma chinery for a first-class job and are in position to make repairs QUICKLY. We employ only reliable workmen and every job MUST BE RIGHT before it leaves the shop. We handle ' A FULL LINE OF SUPPLIES. Try us on that next order for tires, spark plugs, etc., etc. THE BARNWELL GARAGE, T. H. CRENSHAW, Proprietor, Barnwell, S. C. '■ • ' ‘ e • — * T" IABJMMS CELEBRATION New Orleans, Mobile and Pensacola Excursion Tickets will be sold for the aboye occasion from BARNWELL on'February 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15, at fares named below, by the ATLANTIC COAST LINE The Standard Railroad of the South. NEW ORLEANS $25.85 MOBILE, ALA. : 1,.. $16.85 PENSACOLA, FLA.._-_. t _ _______ ,-$15.35 Tickets will be limited, at time of purchase to Februsi ■=— MRP uary 261 extension of final return limit to March 15th may be obtained by 26th, but an depositing iv be tickets prior to expiration and upon payment of 11.00. , For schedules, reservation*, etc., inquire of Allan tic Coast Line Ticket Agents, or address, W. J. CRAIG, T. C. WAITE, Passenger Traffic Mantgtr. General Passenger Agent Wilmington, N. G •- q