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Th* Barnwell People. Bnterad at the poet office at Barnwell, 8. C., aa aecond-claaa matter. JOHM W. HOLMftA > 1840-1912 B. P. DllltS. Ed (tor ind Pnfriitor Swb.criplioa.—By l»e y««r »1.26; •lx months, 75 cents; three months, 50 •ents. All subscriptions payable ir advance. AdvartUemant.—L e g a 1 advertise aients 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 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 25 1915. . What Lor# la “Love,” writes the editor of an east- ' ern paper, “is first an illusion and then a delusion. We can’t remember just who this ed itor is nor in what paper the quotation appeared, but we’d bet our Sunday-go- to-meetin' “biled" shirt (if we had one) that he walks backward and that in stead of good red blood there flows through his veins the sourest of vine gar. Probably somewhere back in his purple, palpitating past there was a girl who passed him by and married the other fellow and ever since the carking .canker of crabbedness has been eating away and eating away at that which once beat as his heart. Love a delusion?' By all the golden, sunny ringlets on the brow of Cupid, by all the sweet lips that ever puckered into a rosebud to receive the kiss of a lover, we deny the allegation. isitl. illusion when your cardiac pumping-station goes all a-flutter at the soft-whispered words of the sweetest girl that ever drew the breath of life? Is it an illusion when you thrill in ev ery nerve if a tiny, soft, velvety band chances to linger, just for an instant, in yours, as you look into a pair of eyes whose limpid depths make the pro fundity of the ocean seem shallow as a mud-puddle? Is it an illusion when the very mar row of your spinal column freezes when you hear that ‘'THE’’ girl has a date with "the other fellow.” la it an illusion when she buries her face behind the lapel of your coat, shy ly nods her little head and answers “yes” when you ask her the greatest question in the world? Is it? IS it? We should say NOT! Love is the concentrated essence of goodness, sprinkled upon the tender petals of a crystaTized violet. It comes sky-hootin’ down from the high heav ens on a mellow moonbeam,^entwines its silken tendrils about your fluttering heart until your breath comes in short, quick, ecstatic gasps and your soul just seems to float away on a billow of sea- foam to the Island of Rosebuds and Orange Blossoms. Love an illusion? It is NOT! Swat the Fly. Uncle Sam is waging a relentless war on the deadly housefly, and in a late bulletin, prepared by the Department of Agriculture, valuable information is given on the best means of combatting this deadly pest. The most effective way of exterminating the fly, accorch- ing to the bulletin, is to eradicate his breeding places. The breeding season of the fly begins early in March and continues throughout the spring and summer months. All dirt should be removed from the premises, stables cleaned and decaying vegetablesdes- troyed. The fly has rightly been called the undertaker’s travelling salesman, and in addition to his regular line, of “ty phoid bugs,” he carries a side line of taberculoaia, Asiatic Cholera and other Now is the time to “swat the fly more towards the economic mainten ance of public highways than any Im plement of modern usage. It does not require special acts of the legislature, bond issues nor expensive educational campaigns to make it available as usually precedes construction work. A drag can be bnilt or purchased for prac tically nothing and it easily operated by any one who can drive a team. We need more dras ing this county. It is a source of gratification to all concerned that the business men of Barnwell should have taken such an active interest in getting the ladies started in their efforts to beautify Court House Square. There were many offers of teams and other assist ance last week when the first steps - * , t were taken. Mr. Emmett Goodson has written his valedictory as editor of the Estill Her ald, which paper has suspended publi cation. The home merchants “did not believe in advertising.” Therf are some people who don’t believe in the hereafter. Both classes are losers. We are glad that the Legislature killed the fifty-car Bill last week. It was regarded by many as a mostiniqui- tuous piece of legislation which would have greatly checked railroad develop ment in this State. It met the fate it deserved. If it is true that spontaneous combus tion in a piece of cheese set fire to a V’ernon (Pa.) house, Limberger, as a weapon of war, will find added favor in the eyes of the Germans. Scientists claim that love is a disease. Yes, one that practically every person in the world has been infected with at one time or another. We didn’t think the honorable mem bers of the legislature could stand Columbia’s'alleged square meals for more than a month. And what has become of the old- fashioned Spring Poet who used to burst his cocoon about this time o' year? _ _ “ .Chaos Resigns in Mexico City.’ ” —The State. Thanks. We'd forgotten just who is president down there now. La grippe is like seasickness—a fel low feels like he’s going to die- and then he’s afraid he won’t. With the adjournment of the General Assembly, weather conditions are ex pected to be more settled. , We sincerely hope that Spring won’t have any lap for Winter to linger in (or on). We hope the bad weather has been washed away by its own rain. A little touch of humus makes the poor lands produce. FATHER GOOSE FOR FARMERS By Don Allen. There was a crooked man and he walked a crooked mile, He sold a crooked stock-food and made a crooked pile; He made a crooked talk and he made a crooked sale And now he spends his time in a pressed steel jail. Farmer Jack Horner Went down to the corner, To put all all his dough in the bank. He left a large sum And murmured, “By Gum! My widow will not draw a blank.” Mrs. 0. M. Hubbard She stared and she rubbered, As Farmer Smith’s auto sailed past. She said with a sigh, “I would willingly die To go through the country that fast.” So she Went to her bankers And drew out some dough. So then bought a car And away she did go. ♦ ♦ ♦ Adv«rtu#d Letter*. Letters remaining in the Post Office and advertised Feh. 23d, 1915. Mata.' W. M. Barnes, Raymond Belmont, James Bowman, Fleming Gill, Rev. J. H. Gaines, J. M. Harley, Rufus James, William Henry, Haslion Harley, Mar shall Boyles, M. A. Nobles, Rich Nim- mons, Dave Short, Sidney Singletons ran alb. Hattie Lee Adams, Mary Brown, Mrs. S. E. Bissell, Susie Boneparte, Evelina Grant Eoknie Templeton, Annie Wilier, Miss Anna Williams. raoH dbad lbtteb orrica. Persons calling for these letter* will planer say advertised. Chan. E. Falk east tm, P. M. After Half A Century By JOHN TURNLEE One morning when John Merton of Chicago awoke and looked oat through his front window he noticed some men digging In a vacant lot opposite. He was seised with trepidation lest some objectionable building was^to be erect ed on the lot and. dressing himself, went out to make inquiries. He learn ed that the lot had been sold and the owner was about to erect on it a soap factory. Mr. Merton at once sought the man and secured an option on the lot at a substantial profit to the latter. Then he vlstted several of bis neighbors, proposing that they should club to gether and protect the locality by buy ing the lot. Only one person, a man named Gawtry, was willing or per haps able to make such an Investment, and he and Merton became the owners. By agreement they put the property In the hands of a trust company, tu be- dlvlded nmoryj the heirs of the third generatlod. or the feraudchlldren of the two owners. The Mertons were to have the north half and the Gawtrys the south half. Twenty years later, both Merton and Gawtry being dead and the part of the city In which the lot lay having be come used for business, the trustees leased the lot for thirty years, and a store building whs erected upon 1L By the terms of the lease at Its expira tion the building was to belong to the owner of the lot Meanwhile the descendants of the Joint owners had Ixwme scattered, the trust company's directors and officers had been changed, and there was no descendant of either Merton or Gnw- try who knew about the lot for which but SHU) had been paid by the two pur chasers. One day an sdvertlsometA appeared for grandchildren of the late John Merton and Ramoel Gawtry. It elicit ed no response and was rejwated from time to time for a ye«r. when It met the eyes of a young tank clerk named Bpencer In a western city. Hla fa tber and mother were dead, but he knew that hla mother's maiden name waa Merton. He wrote to the adver User and recelred a printed statement setting forth the facta In the case of the Merton-Oawtnr tot Rpeocer. con rlnced that the John Merton named waa hla grandfather. Investigated the case and. after a long hunt, fnand that be was the only living grandchild of the said Merton awl consequently heir to the north half of the pnqwrty. No response to the advertisement whatever came from the Gawtry aid#, and no division could be made of the lot and building until the heirs In this family were found. John Hpeuc#r. de ■Irons of coming Into what was a for tune, at once made It his boalnma to bant up these belts. He began at the fountainhead, making tnquliie# as to the first and second generations of Gawtrys, and learned that ■ son of Samuel Gawtry had settled In Detroit. Spencer went to Detroit, where be learned that the widow of Samoel Gawtry of the second generation was living In straitened circumstances Not wishing to excite fa toe hopes In this person, be made Inquiries In n roundsbont way and learned that the original Gawtry had had several chit dren. but the only tiring grandchild waa Marian Gawtry, daughter of the widow be bad found. Haring pro ceeded thus far, Spencer returned to Chicago and reported hla find to the trust company and left Its 'officers to satisfy themoelrea that be (Spencer! and Marian Gawtry were the heirs tm the property In question and, this done, to glre each heir a half. One morning Miss Marian Gawtry, when about to go to her school duties, took a letter from the |>ostman Inform ing her that the Trust company of Chicago waa ready to convey to her one-half of a certain lot and building in that city bequeathed to her by her grandfather, Samuel Gawtry. She re ferred the matter to her mother, who said she had never heard of her father owning such property. He had left Chicago forty years before, a i>oor man. Miss Gawtry put the matter down as a mistake and, proceeding to school, thought, no more about It One evening she received a call from a young man named Spencer. He waa about to mention the fact that she was an heiress when It occurred to him that since there was a building on the. prop erty there might be difficulty In divid ing it and It would be better that they should own it together. But he was an honorable fellow and scorned to win I am offenng a big reduction in price on aH silk*, skirt* and dresses. I have a splendid stock to select from but ad vise my customers to come early before it ia picked over. J. A. Porter, Barn well, S. C.—advi 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, mclusive, 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 county purposes 5 1-2 mills “ back indebtedness 2 1-2 mills “ constitutional school 3 mills Total 17 mills Commutation Road tax will be tl.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, Bloomingdsle, Csve, Hickory Hill.Owens Cross Roads, Reedy Branch, Shady Grove, Sycamore and Upper Richland. 3 mills. • Appleton, Big Fork. Double Pond, Healing Spring. Hercules, Lees sod Ulmer, 4 mills. Dunbarton and Elko 5 mills. Blackville and Fairfax 6 " Williston 6 1-2 mills I Barnwell 8 Allendale 8 1-2 “ United States currency, gold and : silver coin, county and school claims properly approved will be received for i taxes; checks ind drafts will not be | accepted for taxes except at the nsk of the tax-payer. J. B. Armstrong, Treasurer Barnwell County. Barnwell. S. C., Sept. 15. 1914. her knowing that she was an heiress. “Miss Gawtry,” he said,'T have come to Detroit to Inform you that you are joint owner with me of a lot and build ing In Chicago worth In all half a mil lion dollars.” The young lady, remembering the former Information she had received on this subject, coolly remarked: “That's a mistake. My mother says her father owned no such property In Chicago.” “WUi you marry me If what I tell you la truer . “If you can convince me that I am worth the sum you name I’ll marry four* Spencer eventually proved hla case and held her to her promise. Since they had been mutually pleased with each other and a division at the prop erty waa herd to effect Miss Gawtry by no means loath to keep K. All of Which goes to show that our * I (profcsBionaf Carbf. ^ EDGAR A. MOWN JAS. JULIAN BUSH Attomeys-at-Law. Money to Loan ip Small Amounts. Walker Building, Barnwell, S. C. Thos. M. Boulware, ATTORNEY AT LAW Negotiate loan* on real e»tate. Can get 7% money In sum* not le»» than $5,000.00. Office over Book of We*t#rn Carolina, ^l!nn^fELL , 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. DR. W. C„ MILHOUS * ©mtiirt. Office hours: 8:30 a. tw. to 6 p. in. Persons living away from Barnwell will please make appoit iment* befur- coming By so doing they will be sure •>( immediate service and Dr. J. W. Reeves —Dentist . / H OUSEHOLD expenses mount up. The wife, no matter how econom ical, is liable to LACK BUSINESS METHODS. Install business methods in your heme by teaching your wife the simple ART OF BANKING. She will enjoy her new responsibility and you will be agree ably surprised to note the saving at the end of the month. STARY'YOTR A BANK ACCOUNT TODAY! of *Willistom., WILLISTON. SOOTH CAROLINA. “Telephone as You’d Be Telephoned To” # SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO. T elephone courteiy is just a bit of ordinary politeness and everyday kindness thst we put into our conversation when we talk by telephone. Its the face to face brand of politeness and kindness used when we’re voice to voice. It's the same politeness and kindness that we tike to receive from the other end of the wire. % * — Giving a tittle thought to tele phone courtesy and vraedemg its simple rules wilt \yzks the telephone an even more effi cient aid for you. "Telephone as Youd he Telephoned To.*' always. BOX 52, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA. jiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiMi>ii>iiiii:iiiiiimiiuiMiiiiiitiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiHiiiiiiHiiiiiNiimiimtimiimiiiiiimiiHmmniUHiimiiimiiiiimii^ In office last week of each month. 1 Barnwell, South Carolina Offioe In Harrison Building. oct31-12-lyr 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. zb. to Up. m. 3 to 6 p. m. 8-5-13-lv. I am offering a big reduction in price on all silks, skirts and dresses. I have a spluudid stock to select from but ad vise ay customers to come early before it is picked over. J. A. Porter, wuU, t. C.-odv Rayo Makes Reading - A Pleasure T HE full mellow glow of the Rayo Lamp rests your eyes and makes reading a pleasure. The absence of glare and harshness will be a distinct relief to you. It is this quality that causes scientists to recommend the soft light of the oil lamp. The LAMP is the highest point of per fection in oil lamps. No glare, no flicker, correct light always. Rayo Lamps are easy to light and care for. Inex pensive—yet the best light at any price. Your dealer will be glad to show you the Rayo. STANDARD OIL COMPANY Waaktoftoa. D. C. Norfolk, V*. .Va. (NEW JERSEY) BALTIMORE CWtott*. N. C Ckortatoa, W. Va. CkariMtoo, S. C. ^ininmiitimmmuiiiiiHimi'iiiiitiiiiiininiiiiui!iiiiimiiiimHiiiiiiitn!iHin!iinitiiini.ii:i,iiiiiiiiiiHiiimniiir,fmHiiiiiiiiiiiiiii^ ! Auditor’s Notice The township Assessors of the sever al townships of Barnwell will meet in the Auditor’s office Tuesday, March tod. 1915, to coavom the returns for 1915. ' ^ R. W. Riey, 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 ef Probate for Barnwell County, his final return as guardian of Annie M. Alexander, and apply for Letters A 1915.