The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, January 11, 1917, Image 10
(THE BUDLONG
PAPERS
They Contained Valuable
Documents
By ETHEL HOLMES
Mary Hartwell waa twenty years old
when her mother died. Her father h^d
died several years before, leaving a
business mnch tangled. It had- not
been settled, and Mrs. Hartwell had
not received any regular Income from
It since her husband’s death, though
she had been paid fron* time to time
small sums to keep her rrom absolute
want
After her mother’s death Mary pro
posed to accept the situation of a
woman doomed to work for her living
and began by closing out the remnants
of former times. She and her mother
had remained in their home. Now
Mary proposed to leave it, and the first
thing to be-done in preparation was
to clear out family belongings that had
Mary went to the attic and looked
about her at the confusion and profu
sion of miscellaneous articles. There
were discarded furniture,' ‘ pictures,
empty picture frames, rugs, fenders'
and Irons—indetnl, every conceivable
article. There were boiee and trunks,
some empty, some half filled, some full.
The slgnt was discouraging, but Mary
resolutely went to work to separate
the whole Into groups to be disposed
of In different ways.
In one of the boxes she found some
old bedding, consisting of blankets and
pillow's. Rhe removed them and was
thinking that she had emptied the box
when, feeling in the bottom, her hand
touched a bundle wrapped In paj>er.
Taking it out, she shook off the dust
and revealed written on the wrapper,
“Budlong Papers.”
She had never heard of any one by
the name of Budlong, nor had she seen
a handwriting like that In which the
indorsement was written. She uiw
wrapi>ed the cover and revealed a num
ber of yellow papers. She opened and
glanced at several of them, which
turned out to be.receipted hills. There
was also that part of checkbooks which
comprised the stubs of checks, a lot
of accounts current and some legal
doCnmeMs.
Mary concluded that the papers per-
talned to tho nffnlrs of some one by
the name of Budlong and that their
value had long since passed away, lie-
wrapping them, she tosmsl the bundle
on to a pile of papers meant for burn-
lug.
That night before going to sleep she
fell to thinking of these papers. They
reminded her of the ongoing of all
things. There had been sopio one of
the name of Budlong whose existence
and dally doings were represented by
these accumulating records. Budlong,
whoever be was, doubtless In due time
passed away, the evidences ef his ex !
istence were transferred from u desk
hi use and finally found a resting place '
In the hot loin of a box in a garret !
and covered with wornout bedclothing. !
Truly n tombstone is not the only re
minder of buo who Hum lived and
moved* earned and spent money on the
face of the earth.
The next day Mary turned over the
contents of the garret 0> s a denier in-
secondhand furniture and rnyrled the ,
old papers down to tin* furntKiv for i
burning. She was about to throw the j
Budlong papers Into the roaring tlamese
when she l apsed. Somehow sin* had
not the heart to incinerate tin* remains
of the individual’s busy existence.
Laying the bundle aside., she threw in
the other papers, then took It upstairs
and put it on a shelf in a closet among
articles tin* disposition of which she >
had n^t decided upon. j.
Mary had a second cousin, Horace
Drummond, who had mnnifesTed" a
fancy for her. indeed, he had sound- *
ed her on the possibility of their join- ,
ing the current of their lives and li^ht-
nig the. khtl* of Id',.- togi*t!i*r. But ’
Drummond had nothing hut a meager j
salary and Mary bad 'already experi
enced h foretaste of poverty*, and, re- !
membering that marriage means a I
multiplication of articles necessary to
comfortable ‘existence, sin* blocked her
relative's way to a proposal.
There was another reason why such
a union would not lie advisable. Kd-
gar Drummond, Horace’s father, was
a broken down man of business over
whose record hung a cloud. What that
cloud was Mary did not know, though
she did know that the elder Drum
mond hud been charged by Ids busi
ness partner with having defrauded
him, had been put out of the firm and
had never since been sufficiently trust
ed to enable him to gain a fresh start.
Horace had been given to understand
that the swindle had been on the other
side—that the partner had ruined his
father in order to secure the whole iu :
stead of half the profit on a very valu
able purchase the firm had made.
Horace Drummond, having a father
to support, w as certainly not in a po
sition to marry. He did not know,
however, what a deprivation h|s being
unable to do so was to Mary. He w as
not ohly acceptable to her personally,
but she did not take kindly to living
a single life and earning her daily
bread. Horace was willing to accept
the responsibilities that w'ould acchie
to him. but Mary gave him to under
stand that so long as his father was
an Incumbrance on him it would be un-
wise for him to take a wife.
Uuy, who ad been well educated,
nettled down t6 jthe work of instruct
ing children, Horace viaited her ocem-
sionally^ When two persons desire to
mArry and are prevented by obstacles
in most cakes either tbe~ob*tacle* are
removed or they marry in spite of-
them. Naturally both Mary and Hor
ae#' looked forward to a day' when
they would be aide to marry with e-
fair prospect of providing the neceir
saries required, but the prospect was
not encouraging. ;
One evening Horace called on Mary
and seemed very much aggrieved. He
said {bat the transaction on account of
which his father bad been unjustly
disgraced was turning out to be im
mensely , profitable. Mr. Drummond
was entitled to one-half of the pro
ceeds, but there wag no prospect of
his ever being vindicated, to say noth
ing of reaping his legitimate profits. -
‘‘Just think,” said Horace ruefully,
•'had it not been for the rascality of
old Haskins you and I could, now be
married and living in clover.^ /
“What was the nature of the trans
action?” Mary asked.
“It was a patent right. The patent
was offered to the firm of Drummond
A Haskins by' the Inventor. My fa
ther approved of it, but Haskins dev
Glared that he would never put money
into a patent right. Father was in
formed by the inventor that another
party had agreed to furnish the jrfoney
mwjder^n^WMhetloh and'^evelopT
ment. Haskins was away at the tjme.
Father assumed the responsibility't)f
buying the right for the firm. W^ben
HaskhiS returned he clatihed that fa
ther had used the firm’s money for
his own Individual purposes, which
was embezzlement. Father had taken
the preliminary steps In his own name,
but had made the contract in the name
of the firm in duplicate, one copy for
the firm, the other for thd inventor.
Haskins got hold of the preliminary
agreement and the contract. He with
held the latter and produced the for
mer, which alone laid father liable
criminally.” A
‘‘What became of the contract drawn
for the inventor?” asked Mary.
“He died while the trouble was first
broached. Father asked his Widow for
It, but she fell under the Influence of
Haskins or probably was offered an
Inducement to withhold It. Father’s
lawyer got out a search warrant to
look for It, but the woman must have
been warned, because all her bus-
band’s papers bad been removal from
the house.” * . .
It seems to me,” said Mar.t-thought
fully, “that my father had something
to d«v with that matter.”
“Your father and mine being cousins
and very fond of each other, It Is
quite likely. Father has told me that
your father learned where the paper#
had been hidden ami got possession of
them, but he did so illegally And Was
obliged to hide them to avoid being
prosecuted criminally. It was intend
ed that when he could do so In safety
they would be produced.- But when
the thne came they were .not in. the
hiding place where - he had put them.
He believed that some one In Mrs.
Budlong’s Interest had stolen them.”
“Budlong!” said Mary. “I have seen
or heard that name'somewhere.”
‘Tosslbly you heard your father
mention It when talking of this mat
ter.” *
During the rest“ of Horace’s visit
Mary could not get the uathe Budlong
out of her head. She went to bed
that night trying^ to remember when
ThiFvvhcre she had known it. So in
tent on it was she that she remained
awake till she heard the deep tones of
a town clock strike the hour of mid
night; then suddenly she remembered
the Budlong papers. -
Throwing off the-covers, she Jumped
out of bed.
Maly had packed a trunk of odds
and ends that she did-not care to part
with and had carried them away with
bef’ when she left her home. Having
now but one r* a mi. this trunk'and the
one used for her clothing were kept in
it. Lighting axbimp, she Opened Hie
trunk first named Tunl. getting out the
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b Rfent
To Compound Jax
To Licenses j g
To Taxes —
16.00
243.00
1,058.00
1,189.96
$4,210.73
Disbursements..
By Salaries — $
By G. M. Main (hay).,
By Telephone and Light
Arrington Bros. (Com.)
Bank of Western Carolina
(Interest) ^ -
Charlie Brown (Harness),.. r
Easterling and Co. (2 forks).
Disinfectants ..g.'
Com. Public Works.----- —
Extra Street Work.---
Ed Fe)der (Com.)-.-.- I
T. S. Cave (Rent Mule)-—.
Brown Printing Co —
Terrie Richardson (Hay) —
A. K. Hammet (Painting
Sign) —, r - *
Barnwell People (Printing),
Lemon flros. (Supplies).... ,
Storage and Freight (Fire
Hose)
(Fv MarshalkHr-
879.00
9.26
8.25
60.50
100.00
14.25
3.00
124.90
400.00
20.00
27.50
* 4.00
5.00
15.50
1.00
27.25
21.50
22,76
9v004“
320 acres—plantation of the la
J. Willis. Will rent whole tract
S. V. Brown (Treating Mule)
M. C. Diamond (Lumoer)
M. Manning (Com. and Hay)
E, A. Brown (Services)..j.
Express Co. (Frt.)_^ *
P. W. Price (Work).
John Rpss (Ex. Marshall)-..
A. Owens (Exr Marshalfrr—
3.00
35.78
73.96
50.00
14.70
132.85
2-00 J
Calhoun and Co. (In#.X-.Li_
Freight and Drayage on Lad-
Drayage on Reel ^
Cleaning Brick
Barnwell Sentinel tPrinting)
C. E. Mohrir ( Wagon* and sup-
pfies)
Bank of Western . Carolina
(B6nd) - —
G. M. Main (Feeding Prison
ers)
Ink and Stationery
3.17
.25
11.58
31.63
,38.65
50.00
1.50
2.15
* ;» $2,228.88
To Cash Balance on Hand,
(Sinking Fund’ Included,
*1,250.00) 1*1,981.85
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$4,210.73
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Treasurer^ Notice.
led find, »
i s, opehei
bundle <»/ papers, updHed it ami spread
tin* contents on tin* tnbleX By 1 oVhx-k
^l)e had opened and read mhmv papers.
A few minutes after 1 she opehQl'oue
will ’ll proved*to*Ijika contract 1’oKlhe
sab* of certain patent rights to t
firm ef Haydns «V Driimmoml.
Mary went back to bed, but not to
sleep. She could hardly wait for day .
to come, so eager was she to carry the
news to Hora< e tliat-slie had found
the.missing contract. ^ ’
- The next morning Horace Drummond,
was Awakened by a maid, who inform
ed him that'Miss Hartwell was below
and wished to see film on a very im
portant matter. He arose; made a
hasty toilet and went down to the
living room. There stood Alary with
beaming.; eyes holding out to him a
paper. As soon as he had read enough
ef it to reaiizp what it was he sprang
forward, clasped her irv'his arms and
covered her face with kisses.
It was some time before Horace
could bring, himself to a condition of
quiet to listen to the story of the Bud
long papers. Indeed, he only received
at the time a meager account, so eager
was he to carry the news to his fa
ther.
How the papers came to be In the
box in the garret, Whether Mr. Hart-
wtdl placed them there aml forgot hav-'
ing done so or whether some member
of his family, having come upon them,
tossed them into the box, not knowing
what they were, was never explained.
Haskins was prosecuted by Drum
mond for conspiracy,-but the charge
.was withdrawn in settlement of the
ownership of the patent right, three-
quarters of which went to Drummond,
Horace and Mary were married, and
the groom’s father settled a.fortune on
his son and his son’s wife jointly.
Mary says that a, case of father-tn-Iaw
is bg no means to be dreaded.
The tax books for the collection of
State , <)ouiity^ and "SditKd to will
be open for the collection of taxes for
the-tiscal year 1916, from Oct. 15, 1916
ter March I5,1917, inclusive. A penal
ty of one per cent will be added Janu
ary 1st, 1917. February 1st one per
cent more will be added, making a to
tal of 2 pci* cent for February. March
1st five per cent will be added, making
a total of seven per cent from March
1st to March 15th, 1917, at which date
the books will close. '
The tax levy will be:
For State, purposes. 6'A mills.
For ordinary county pur
poses • 9 mills.
For constitutional school
tax -_3 mills.
Total levy, --ISVz miltk
_.Special school levies are as follows:
Two mill tax: Ashleigh, Baldock,
Morris, Meyer’s,Mill, Barbary Branch,
Cedar Grove,’. Columbia, Edisto, Ellen-
4 — Friendship, Green’s, Sycamore
3, New Forest, Oak Grove, River
.Sand Hill, Seiglingville, Seyen
Tinker’s Creek and L6ng
Branch?
Three mUJ fax: Barton, Blooming-
dale, Cave, Rkkory Hin t Owens Cross
Roads, Shady GH^e, Upper Rich Land.
— Four mill taxf ^toiplctan, Big Fork
Sycamore No. 51, Dotdde Pond, Heal
ing Springs, Hcrculesr^lilda; Lees,
Rosemary, Ulmejr, Reedy Branch, Mt.
Calvary. . ... ■
. Five milK faxr Elko. (Two mills
ordinary purposes, three mills bonds.)
Six mills tap: Kline. Two,mills or
dinary purposes, four mills bonds.)
Seven mills tax: Dunbarton.
(Four mills ordinary purposes, three
mills bond.) -
Eight mills tax: Blackville. (Five
mills ordinary purposes, three mills
bondsr)--—^' ' •
Fairfax. <5^ mills ordinary pur
poses,^ ^ mills bonds.)
Eight and one-half mills tax; Al
lendale' (Six mills for ordinary pur
poses, 2ft mills for bonds.)
Nine mills tax: Williston. (Five
mills ordinary purposes, four mills
for bonds.
Ten and one-half mill 8 ^ ax: Barn
well. (Six mills for ordinarypur
g oses, four and one-half mills for
onds.L .
J. 6. ARMSTRONG, .
County Treasurer.
Barnwell, S. C. t Oct. £ 1916.
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We have just received three carloads of Four-Ninety
Chevrolet Touring Cars and are ready th make immedi
ate delivery of this wonderful machine. The Chevrolet
corned fully equipped with electric lights and starter,
and is the only car on the market at the price that has thitf
equipment. Thfe price is only
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$490.00
f. o. b. factory.
Pearlstine & Wamock,
ALLENDALE, S. C.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
All persons indebted to the estate
of Eliza Cain, deceased, are hereby
requested to make prompt payment of
such indebtedness to the undersigned
and all persons having claims against
the said estate will please* present
same properly attested to me.
H. H. Martin, Executor.
Blackville, S. C., Dec. 19, 1916. ,
Auditor’s Appoint men Is for 1917.
Fhirf ax—J anuary 11.
Allendale—January 12. v
Blackville—January 16.
Elko—January 17.
TWilliston—January 18.
Mercatus—January 19.
Sycamore—January 23.
Jennys—January 24*.
Ulmers—January 25.
Klige—January ilO.
Hilda—January 31.
Only personal property returned,
50 per cent penalty will be added
after Feb. 20th.
R. W. RILEY,
'XountyA'ffdifofr
FOR BEST RESULTS
—Ship your
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TO
Charleston, 5. C.
Original promoters of Staple
t Cotton in the Southeast.
Statement as Condensed from Report to State Bank Eexaminer
November 17tb, 1916
THE CITIZENS BANK ^
FAIRFAX, S. C.
J. E. Johnston, President ’ - ~~ Geo. D. Sanders, Vice-Pres.
'J. B. Barker, Acting Cashier. 7 7
F. M. Young, Vive-Pres. *E. L. Young, Asst. Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
F. M. Yopng „ C. G. Carter .
- :— : Geo. D. Sanders
J. F. Lightsey ' J. E. Johnston
ASSETS.
Lpans and Di^counts^ --$74,117.45
Banking House.- 4,380.17
Furniture and Fixtures 1,500.00
Other Real Estate 4,181.31
Stocks and Bonds^ 100.00
Ca$h on Hand and in Banks. 42,495.38
Total ..$126,774.31
LIABILITIES. , ^
Capital. .1 $15,000.00
Surplus and Undivided
Profits. 2,136.91
Deposits 109,637.40
Total—-.. —$126,774.31
WE SOLICIT YOUR ACCOUNT.
WE GIVE BEST SERVICE.
— —~ *WE WILL APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS.
WE PAY INTEREST ON SAVINGS.
ON ALL CONSIGNMENTS OF STAPLE AND. UPLAND
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by local"application#, ao they cannot reach
the dloeaoed ■jortlon of the ear. • There
lo only one *4y to cure catarrhal deafness,
and that le by a conotltutlonal remedy.
Catarrhal Deafneaa la caused by an In
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inflamed you have a rumbling aound or
Imperfect hearing, and when it lo entirely
closed. Deafness lo the result Unless the
Inflammation can be rediiccd and this tube
restored to Its normal condition, hearing
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deafness are caused by catarrh, which la
aa Inflamed condition of the mucous sur
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blood on the mucousjaurfaces of the aya-
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Wa will glva One Hundred Dollars for
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ho cured by Hall’s Catarrh Curs. Circulars
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