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IA Halloween i • • Scheme r m • J It Wan, Well Planned and ; • Worked Well 1 ; By r. A. M1TCHEL J •*I wlHh,*' snld Mm. Edgorton to her friood, Mm. TUdale. ‘tbat your Alice would fall In love with my Frank. A young bachelor la ao beaet by tempta tion*. If Frank were married iVhould not have to keep worrying about him all the time. He la out every evening, sometime* till morning. 1 don't know where he goea or what he la doing. 1 never go to sleep till he comes in, and thus I spend hours worrying.” •‘You have no need to worry about your boy,” said the other. “Frank Is i simply doing what most young men of fortune do at his age—he is enjoying the novelty of things. When that nov elty wears off be will become engrossed In more serious matters.” “Would you object to a match be tween him and Alice?” "On the contrary, 1 should welcome It We have little or nothing to r leave ▲lice, and 1 should be glad to see her married to a man whose Income would preclude the probability of her coming to want.” • "Suppose,” rejoined Mrs. Ed gar ton thoughtfully, "we lay a trap to bring them together, it would be useless for me to say to Frank that 1 wished him to marry Alice, and even If he acceded to my desire It would be equally use less for you to try to force Alice to ac cept him. If we could contrive to throw them together I would have great hopes of Frank falling in love with her, she Is so attractive In every way. But I have my doubts about Alice. It seems to me tbat she Is too serious, too thoughtful, too good for a man of the world like Frank.” “My daughter Is very Impressionable. There la also a good dual of romance. In her nature. If we could bring about some eplaode by which Frank would appear to be a hero In her eyes we would win our point, or If It could tie made to a(ipenr that fate Intends him for her husband that would have the same effect.” "I have It!” exclaimed the other, apeakliig suddenly a thought that flashed upon her. "Halloween will be hers In another week. 1 will give a IlaHoweeu party. I wtll Invite Alice, and you must come too. We will con coct some scheme to make it apiiesr that fate intends her and Frank for each other.*’ Mrs. Tisdale made no objection to this, though she would have (ireferred that the scheme be worked out at her own home, since It would be more be coming that the man should come to the woman rather than the woman to the man. But Mm. Edgarton pus- aeesed a country place eaieclally suit able to a house party. It had Iteen closed for the season, but could he re opened. Mrs Edgarton and Mrs. Tisdale were eiqiec-ially adapted to carry out such a scheme us they had In mind. Both hml been married very young und had jumped aln.ost from girlhood Into a gay world. .Neither had yet passed out of the forties, nor had either lost her adaptation lor plnying a purt "Mumuia.” said Alice Tisdale, look ing at her mother through a pair of eyes to remind one of u deep pool darkened by surrounding rocks and overhanging verdure, "do you really think there Is anything In Halloween?" "Why do you ask. Alice?" "Well, we are going to Mrs. Kdgnr- tou’s couutiy place for a Halloween party, and 1 would like to knowr before we go whether the belief or fuucy or whatever It Is that one may »ee a fu ture husband or wife Is all rubbish or whether there Is anything In it." “We don’t know. dear, where stijier- atitlon ends anti a legitimate faith be gins. There are certainly many won derful things In the world that we call supernatural. Some of them may be referable to natural laws of which we have no knowledge." Mrs. Tisdale was well satisfied with herself at this method of answering her daughters question. She would not intentionally deceive her child, and she felt that in her reply she had spoken nothing that was not true. What she said made a marked impres sion on Alice. She went to tfie library and. taking down a-book on strange customs, turned to Halloween and read of girls seeing the faces of their future husbands In looking glasses, the setting afloat of candles on a river and other such methods of determining — their future, if she did not believe In thel» efficacy she certainly did not dis believe. The house party at Mrs. E^garton’s country place assembled In the after noon preceding Halloween. They dined and after dinner sat before the great fireplace In the hull telling ghost sto ries. At 10 o’clock the Jiostess an nounced to them that they were ex ported to scatter themselves over the large domain. There was room enough for all. she told them, and If it wa* fated that they should meet with any adventure to< show them-their future ’ mates there was no reason why it should not be done on this Halloween. The girls at! oseyed the hoste«s. but some of the young men preferred a game of bridge nr billiard* and Of Barred to cotax outlato a cool ulgbt Idas >ba staoi im sortie if that they had not bon inrttod la a bridge or a billiard party, but- to a Halloween party, and tboy must ac cept the situation. WUh this they aal- lled forth, soo* to alt la a summer house and smoke, while others. rra|>ev*t- Ing their boatess' wishes, wandered over the place. Lights were seen on the bososi of the river, indicating that some of the girls had brought caudle* iud set them afloat Frank Edgarton had been requested by his mother to set un example to the other men guests by entering into the spirit of the affair and-go forth In search of adventure. He strolled alone on the river bank watching the light ed candles and lighted a cigar, resolving to smoke it to the end before return ing to the bouse, for be was bent on pleasing bis mother and feared tbat he would return too soon. The tilgh^ was not cold, the stars were bright, and Frank was content to remain in tb* open ao long as the case required. Suddenly from bushes, perhaps a hun dred yards from him, a light flashed. It was not the season for fireflies, and even If it bad been no flreflles could give so great a light. It at once oc curved to Frank that it had been set by a human being. Either some of the men or girl guests were seekiug an ad venture. If a girl Frank was ready to accommodate her. He walked toward the place where he had seen the light, but when be reached it found nothing but bushes. While looking about him (he light flashed again, but from a dif ferent location. Frank went to the new spot with the snipe result as before. it was evident tbat some one, prob ably a girl, was bent on leading him s game of hide and seek. He was-quite ready to play It and waited for an other flash. It came, and this time, in stead of walking leisurely toward it, be ran. Nevertheless the result was the same as before. He found no one. For some time the light flashed from differ ent points, and yet the trend was la one direction. Though Frank made violent dusbee for It, when he reached the point where be had seen it he found only silence and a low growth of ever greens. Once. Instead of seeing a flash, he heard a low laugh. This settled the point ns to the sex of the hider. for It was a woman’* Uugh. Frank ran to ward- Lhu. place from which It seemed by U. S. Array aad Navy, Celled to Orugeberf. F. H. Seeley of Chicago and Phil adelphia, the noted tniaa expert, will be at the Orangeburg Hotel and will remain in Orangeburg Wednesday only Oct. 27th. Mr. Seeley says: "The Spermatic Shield as now used and approved by the United States Oovernment will not only retain any case of rupture perfectly, affording immediate and complete relief, but closes the opening in TO days on the average case. This instrument received the only award in England and in Spain producing results withdut. surgery, injections, medical treatments or pre scriptions, Mr. Seeley has documents from the United States Government, Washington. D. C., for~ inspection. All charity cases without charge, or if any interested call he will be glad to show same without charge or fit them if desired. Business demands prevent stopping at any other place in this sec- tice.—adv. to come, but one haa no aenae by which to judge of the direction of sound, and when lie reached the Illuminated place the light was flushed In an entirely different one. Finally Frank followed a flash, and though he found darkness he touched something human. Heaolvlng that who ever had Iteen leading him should not escape him. he threw his arm* qliout It and held It fast That It was feminine was evident from the apparel. "Is*t me go," auld a girl, struggling "Not uutll 1 have .learned who ygn are. You have been leading me a fine dance, and I must at least get a glimpse of your face before I will release you. Come, flash your light!” "I have no light. It la you who have been leading me. Ylr. Edgarton Though I can't see your face, 1 recognise your voice.” i»o you mean to tell me that you have not a flashlight?” "1 hare not” “This Is very strange. You are Miss Tisdale, are you not?” "I am." No ,.ne knows w hether Frank Edgar ton during thb* dialogue continued to hold Alice Tisdale In his arms or re leased her. Alice at once became im pressed with a fancy that on this Hal loween a wlll-o’-the wisp bad conduct ed her to her future huslamd. and. though she was a modest girl. It Is quite possible that she did not cou tlnue her efforts to free herself. Later the two walked Into the boua% un-ether. Most of the guests had re turned. Some were telling stories they had invented of marvelous hap|ien- Imrs, some admitting disapftolntments. Alice Tisdale said nothing. Perhaps she was waiting for Frank Edgarton to tell their experience. But Frank held his |>eace. He was puzzled. He believed that Alice told the truth when she denied having a flashlight. Alice was wondering If she had met a real Halloween experience. Mrs. Edgarton and Mrs. Tisdale when their children entered were sit ting together chatting apparently on commonplace topics, 'for they showed no animation. The others were interest ed in one another’s stories of their experiences. Edgarton turned to Alice and looked at her inquiringly, as much as to say, "Is It possible that so retiring a girl could have led me such a dance?” She dropped her eyes under his gaze. He wlshe4 be was back In the dark place where he had seized her and was again holding her in his arms. "Come out on the porch with me.” he said, "and let us have a look at the stars." Whether they looked at the stars or not nobody hut themselves, knows.'but certain it Is that within a month they were engaged. What Mrs, Edgarton and Mrs. Tis dale were saying to each other so quiet ly when the son of the one and the daughter of the other entered the house was this: ^ "Did your flashlight work well?" asked Mrs. Edgarton. "Splendidly. But Frank almost caught me several times.” "You had the hardest part. .1 hail no trouble with Alice at all I led her along like a lamb td tbe slaughter. After flashing my light 1 had plenty of time to get out of the way. The electric lamps are blinding, and { don't think she dared go very fast In the dark.” , “l»> lucky we bad our enurae well Mid out As It wtw. I found It dlfl- cult to draw Fra»fc to tbo mint dnla. MM.” 1 * * RUPTURE EXPERT HERE JoMN J. JoMes lltinq nt Crintlir it In Practice in »U the State and Fetters Courts of South Carotin sod Georgia Prompt attention given to Collections - Office 4IS Dyer Bldg. AUGUSTA, - - - GEORGIA. - Bell Thone 3237. , A. fl. NINES™' HERBERT E. GYLES 1ir.*‘>rn.yy j Attomeys-at-La# ' BLACKVILLE, - - S- C. 1 Will practice in sli Courts. Money to loan on Farming Lands. Are you a subscriber to The People? If not, why not? The subscription price is only tl a year in advance or $1.25 on time. .Wm. McNAB. 1 . - - , Renresenting The Equitable Life las. Co. also the Strongest Fire. Health and Accident Insurance Companies. ' £ ^ Personal attention given all business. Office in Harrison Block, Main St, Barnwtcli,, S. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28TH: MARY PICK FORD —in— ; ‘‘CINDERE EL A” (Famous Players) Matinee, 5:30, H)c. :: :: Night, 8:00,10c & 15c. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND; FRITZ\ SCHEFF ■ ‘: ' , ■ ' < —in— “PRETTY MISTRESS |SM1TH” (Bosworth) THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH: RITA JOVILET —in— JL nJCd GREAT CFJ.RMAItQJS AT CHARLESTON DECEMBER 1$th TO 17th, 191? The Southern Commercial Congress will be held at Charleston December I3th to I7th, 1915. This is an Associa tion of prominet business men from all over the South and meetings are held each year for the purpose of discussing business welfare, both of the manufac turer and of the (armor. Last year the Congress was held at Oklahoma City and year before at Mobile'. This year the meeting is to be held at’Charleston and very many men of prominent busi ness, social and public life have already accepted invitations to he present ' At least four members of the Cabinet of tbe President of the U nited States will be present at the meeting. A squadron of the Atlantic Fleet,Tor- pedo Boats, Submarines and Torpedo Boat Dystroyera, aa well as Dread naughts, will be in Chrrieston Har bor, open for inspection of the public, December I4th and I5th and visitors at this time will also have the pleasure of seeing a magnificent carnival. Sou: hern Railway is arranging special fair tickets and excursion trains. BARNWELL AUTO REPAIR CO. AUTOMOBILE OWNERS: Have your work done aKthe New Shop, in the Michaelson Building, opposite The Barnwell People Otfice. v Try me and yoti will become my customer. I served my apprenticeship in the best shops in Savannah. Overhauling a Specialty. A. E. Hartin, Manager. A Soliloquy in Two Paragraphs “That’s the third tune this morning. I can’t wait a moment longer on that fellow. Let me see what is Smith’s number? “If Jones won’t provide sufficient telephone faciti- ties for his customers, he can’t blame me for dealing elsewhere. Operator, give me 437.” How do you know this very occurrence doesn’t happen with your single telephone. Have an auxiliary line; the cost »trifling. Call tbe business Office to day. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY — * 1 —— BOX 52, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA. (Lasky) REMEMBER: We commence our show every night at 8 o’clock, sharp. Claims Paid by County Board of Com- 11 missioners of Barnwell County for / l Quarter Ending Sept 30, 1915. (Coiitinuvd fioiu Pags 12) Claim Claimant Amount 1328 John K Snelling * 25 1329 \ J B Morris a j 125 ’ • 1330 J F Grubbs lunacy ^ II56 1331 Dr J 0 Wooley ‘ 5 1332 Dr E L Patterson 1333 J L Snelling 1334 John K Snelling * 1335 Dr John F Coleman 1 1336 J /V Porirr, )*rd 1337 TJ At'awM), |o»ry-rd 1338 U K Vo air. i * o' yard 1339 G P Hoag p< or yard 1340 K A Drawn, pu'-r yard - Httl Fanwr* UuW M-re.ntlle Co., poor y»rl ~~~ 1342 Brians Bum A O. 1343 B Vatursky. shnin gaoR 46 85; poor yard 14 60; 1344 G L Hill, poor y*rd 1345 M W l-oi* A Co . poor vsrd 1346 J B Kerl, roaiinoU'ton Willistoa 1347 E E M- hi*, eon.isbir 1348 Willit'on H.rdwarv Co. eommuistion Williiton 18*9 K H Hut. eointitriraiioi* Will *ion 1360 r> J Carroll, e< irtnuiiiiioM hainwrll I8M U II 4'arirr. e> niimiia'x ii Kruuak, . 135.' W L Baxlrf. .-on, K-d O.k - 136.1 U L Hoylr*. eom Ked Oak 1364 TO Davrs. eom Had Oak 1366 J A Cope. eon> S>eamor« 1366 A J William#, row Sycamore •» 1367 K L Boyi«#, e >01 Brai Spring* I35H H K Cre-eh. com Gri»(. C'r. * ,137)0 H H Harts g, rom Geo'e*-’« Crank Mlki C F Carter, e.,m l»-orqr'» Cire* 1301 I> P Martin, rom Biaekril'a IW.’ P B Wi#e. * in Hlae< vilU 1863 G W <rrrg..r>. eom Ro-enisry 1864 W C Kennrdf. tool Ro»eni*ry _> ' 136-5 Farmer# Ur-ion Meres*.tile Co . Jail IMr> AUr* s<> H#'r>#oM. Jail 1*17 Aloi *•• Harn.on. p>tl lie hni'diats 1363 Pa* ter Dorreh cm* n.e t 1369 W H Pnrie<M. nont-ng-tii 1870 lit W C Millho)i*e.<ont'ngent 2 1371 J r Knot-tree e-ti'iof'T 1372 D-. tu P Pa-te xm, ili##*e)iiig and po*t m. rt* m 1373 tt C Jer-no-g.. ro-ti infant 1374 J ft Mnrr a lel« phone 1376 14 \V Owen# p«>. tmfent 1376 J H Mnr'i* dieting 1 r># t -r* 1877 B 1. B'a* ha n. road* •> d bi tiers 137s W MTown*. roods -n't b-i-ig#* 1879 Ken R y, roads si d lirid*e« I8*u V W Manual r-ad« a -d bridge# 1381 W M Hr-*-1 y. r« #d and bridge# 138* WJM riel- mad and bridge# 1283 8 T Oaen., lumber I3*ri J B Brigg#, mad# and hrirge# 1385 JPVVe«.|r« o>ads and bridge* 1386 L Cohen, ehsingsng f2l 61); p atrvsrd $3 00: Ja>l 41 50; 1387 LemciiKrtt#. el;a ugan# 441 10; p< oryard 41 50, C H 86,, 1388 V>• K-l'ie Ray tr-ma’''’ 18*9 V 1, Wood-T-rd ralan $2LD8; pooryard 115 00;' 1390 K A beatnn, jail 1391 K H H >ggo>*, J il 18i2 .Io»oph K-xe). ehaii g*ng 1393 Farm-*# Union Mereanii e Co,, ehsingsng 1394 R I D-S* in, 1 hsingang _ . „ 1393 D E S’rang-. eh»lngang 1396 J 8 st' 11 , clinii gang 1397 J W Ki"K ahaii sang 1398 Dr. D K Bring*, ehaingang 1890 J T Hrgtnan. i-haingang OOT. 5.'1915 1400 E F Woodward, ohainga- g 1401 P F Parker,'ehsirg-mg ~ 1402 ,C F Molair, ehaingang 1403 C N Bnrkhalter. ctir.ingang 1404 OC Baxley, ch invsng 1405 G L Simmon#. ehai»gat g 14 6 < har'ie Brown ehaingang 1457 T 8 Cave, clntinga'ig — — . 1408 J K Grubb*, ehaingang 1409 Al'red Mi-che'l, ehaingang 1410 B lion B<al-f->rd Chair gat g 1411 RH Bower*, eha'iiigiuig 1412 J A Green, o' Hing-ng 1413 9«inmie Enbana-. ehaingang 1414 '' F U*s-ry. ebnatab e % 1515 G W Owen*, constable 1416 E J Bla' , k. constable 1417 A P Collins. conetaMe 1418 .? L Oxrlton. eouarable 1419 v U D Cook, eonaiable .1420 J F Rountree, constable 1421 J P Harier. cohrt&bl* 1422 0 W Dunbar, magistrate 142? L C Bennett, magist ate 1424 E W Holman, magistrate 1425 N A Hier#, magistrate 1426 M 0 Ki ching*. magistrate 1427 J E Tn» in. magittrrrte 1428 O S Anderson, magistrate 1429 GLH-ll magistrate 1430 L H William*, magistrate 1481 The R L Kryan Company, stationery 1412' Horace J Crunch, sta’innery 1433 W H Din-crin, stationery ’ 1434 John K 9- ellinr,stationery 1435 Barnwell Sentinel •tatudiery A advertising 1438 „ B-rnwell Sent'nel stationery A advertising 1487 Barnwell Sentinel siatinnrrj A advertising \ 1438’ Tbe Barnwell People stationery A advertising 1439 W I, Woodward, tionr ivd ! i 1440 W H Burges*, ehaingang i 1441 An«ie William*, com. Red Oak 1442 W V Richard,on, stationery 1443 . \ Chsr'ie Browu. 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