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N . •% * J ^ • . # THE BARNWELL PEOPLE post offftet at BaniwoU, JOHN W. MOLMfcS 1840-1912 B. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1917. The Hicka place, about one mile from Barnwell, was sold at auction Monday morning:. Thej?rkfi.aY*rag:ed about $.35 per acre. The old school house property in this city was sold at auction Monday afternoon. It was cut into pine lots, three of which were bought by Mr. W. J. Lemon for $1,600 and the bal ance by Mr. Martin C. Best for $2,100. This price did not include the build ing, which has been tom down and rebuilt for the use of the negroes. As evidence that The People is the best equipped printing office in Barn well bounty, it might be stated that i addition to publishing its regular ed tion, which consisted of 12 pages last week, this office also printed a one- page insert, furnished the composi tion for and “made-up” the forms of The Barnwell Sentinel, and printed a “bunch” of job work, including a 23 page lawyer's brief. If service means anything to you, send your work to The People. FOR SALE.—1200 to 1500 bushels Cleveland Improved Big Boll Cotton Seed, known as Sawyer; saved espec ially for seed. $1 50 a bushel, f. p. b. Rlarkville. Address C. H. Mathis. Blarkville. 8 C. 10-25-tf Statement of the Ownership. Man agement. Circulation, etc., required by the Act of Congress of August 24. !tl2. of The Barnwell People, pub liahed at Barnwell. 8 C, fee Ort 1. State e# South Carwiiaa. County of Barnwell sa Before me. e Notary Public la and for the State and county sfsrisaid. peresnalfy appeared B P. HASTOHl wha. having been duly sworn eceoed tag to law. *4 A< a# Ida a# the earner- land if e daily pa- it. sir. ef the afere- wd by the AH 14. Itlt * ... J|NTEEE8T speaks all sorts of tongues and plays all sorts of parts, even that: of disinterestedness.” La Rochefoucauld was right. Interest Js the ever increasing rolling snowball of money. Interest grows fat upon what it feeds. Interest is never an idle fellow, but he is best icn let alone. GET INTERESTED IN INTEREST. Some INTER. FIGURES about what INTEREST WILL DO for the asking. . COME IN AND SEE US. v ♦> 1c: of "Willistoxa. WILLISTON. S. C. Announcement! W A’ WISH TO ANNOUNCE TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE ARE NOW PREPARED TO CHARGE AND REPAIR STORAGE BATTERYS. WE ALSO ARE AGENTS FOR. AND CARRY IN STOCK THE FAMOUS Philadelphia Diamond Grid Battery. SEE US WHEN YOUR OLD BATTERY NEEDS RE CHARGING. OR WHEN YOU WISH TO FUMCMAU A HEW ONE. Vickery Bros. FISE TIRES MOB!LOU A A B. . P baetaa. R t That The E C « are: 8 P Da 8 C I B Thai the baewa buadhaUefe. | Aatsr^t L or ether eeruHtivo are Mee- Cw. New Verb 4 Tb-l the two paragrephe aril giving the aaawe of the ewe- ubbolden and eerurtty baldeea, if any. reataia net only the Imt of and eccenty bolder! aa upon the boob! of the aieo. ta rveee where the ■pen the hoe be of the tree lev or la any other tien. the name of the pereoa or cer- poraOufi for whom eurh treater i« acting, it given.alao that the said twe f pha contain autrmawta em- aifiant'a full knowledge aad belief aa to the cirrumetanceo and condition! under which stockholder! and security holders who do not ap- J pear upon the hooka of the company aa (metres, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than thit of a b^na Adc owher; ami this affiant has ( no reason to believe that any other , person, association, or corporation has any interest direct or indirect in the said stock, bonds, or other securities than a* so stated by him. H P .Dnviei, 1 Editor and Publisher. Swi m to and subscribed btfofe mo this 17th day of Nov., 1917. W. C. Jennings, N. P. for S. C. My commission expires at the ploas- ure of the Governor. M ASTER’S SALE. State of South Carolina, 1 County of Bamwidl. In the Court of Common Pleas. Mary F. Fickling, Plaintiff, ' vs. Walter C. Cave, Defendant. By virtue of a decretal order to mo directed in the above entitled cause, I will sell at Barnwell, in front of the Cpurt House, on Monday, the 3rd day -of December, 1917, it being salesday in said month, within the legal hours of sale, the following described real property, to-wit: All that certain tract or lot of land in Elko, Barnwell County, State afore said, and bounded as follows: On the South by the Southern Railroad Com pany; on the West by a public road leading from Blackville to Elko and Williston, S. C.; North by lands now owned or formerly owned by Haywood Stan tell, and East by lands formerly owned by Mims, and containing one and one-fourth acre, more or Teas. Terms of Sale: One-third cash, one- third one year from dale of tale and the balance in two yearAfrora date of tale, with interest on the balance not paid in eaah at aigbt per cent per an Bam: that the pnrehaaer ahail have — right to pay all eaah if ee H L O'BANNON. JIm. Urn U. 1817. GARRETT & CALHOUN WE SOLICIT TOUR Colton T t ./ N LOCATED ON THE BARNWELL-AUGUST A AND SNELLING-DUNBARTON ROADS.’ THE FARM BE- . GINS AT SNELLING AND CONTINUES TO WITHIN I •m • ■ . ABOUT THREE MILES OF’ DUNBARTON. THIS -FARM, OWNED BY MRS. KATE M. PATTERSON KNOWN AS THE SANDY RUN PLACE IS BEING SUBDIVIDED INTO ATTRACTIVE SMALL FARMS. WHICH WILL BE SOLD AT AUCTION WEDNESDAY 10:30. A. C L. RAILROAD PASSES THROUGH THE PROPERTY.'' THESE PARKS WILL HAVE SUPTl- CflDfT TIMBER AMD WOOD TO SUPPORT THEM. ALSO SEVERAL OP THE FARMS HAVE RUN- KING WATER AND SOME PASTURE LAND. KVESAL GOOD TENANT HOUSES 0M PLACE. ONLY FIVE MILES FROM RARMWELL PUBLIC GRADED SCHOOL AT SMELLING. GOOD CHURCH FACIUTIESL A GREAT DEAL OF THE LAND IN THE SNEL LING SECTION IS SANDY. BUT WE WANT TO CALL SnClAL ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT THE GREATER PORTION OP THIS LAND HAS AN IDEAL SOIL. WITH A BRIGHT RED CLAY SUBSOIL WE FEEL SAFE IN SAYING THAT THIS IS SOME OF THE VERY BEST SOIL IN BARNWELL COUNTY. WE ARE QUITE SURE THAT THE PEG- PLE OF THIS COUNTY, WHO HAVE NOT SEEN THE LAND. ( IT REFUSE THAT SUCH GRADE OF SOIL IS THERE. . WE WANT TO ASK YOU TO CALL ON J. O. PAT- TERSON, JR.. R. C. HOLMAN, OR M. B. TAYLOR AT BARNWELL, WHO WILL BE CLAD TO SHOW YOU OVER THE PROPERTY. - WE WANT TO SAY AGAIN THAT LAND IS STILL CHEAP IN THIS COUNTY. 'V * S THE TIME IS NOT LONG, WE BELIEVE, WHEN LAND OF THIS CHARACTER WILL BE EXTREME LY HARD TO GET AT ANY PRICE. SALE BEGINS AT SNELLING, 10:30 A. M GOOD MUSIC. EASY TERMS, r S' ' ' ^ ^ ^ CASH PRIZES. GUESSING CONTEST. T ~ * , DINNER SERVED TO ALL. - \ Auction Company, ♦ ♦ :