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THE BARNWELL PEOPLE »t u» ac.Ml otflc* KUrnwAll. nmtUr. JOMM W. MOLMftA ^ 1540-1912 : B. P. DAVIES, Editor And Proprietor. Subscription Rotes: One year -|1^0 Six months ; .90 Three months .60 Per copy .05 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1920. Even the Germans seem to have accepted the Peace Treaty “with res ervations.” Another one of the pathetic^ little incidents of every day life is the State Highway Commission. Women will never make good poli ticians. Millinery is entirely too high for them to risk throwing their hats in the ring. “British Toast First President.”-— Headline. And just think with what keen delight they would have roasted him once upon a time. la spite of the H. C. of L. there have been 13 applications for a two weeks old baby that was left on the doorstep of a Greenville County bach elor. Many aspirants for public office who think they hear a bee buzzing around their bonnets will find after the votes are counted that it was only a humbug. K la | Having already wracked the railroads they ought not mind a little thing like that Ordinarily we do not favor capital punishment, but we move to amend the prohibition law ao as to provide that upon conviction, the blind tiger be forced to drink his stock in trade. The Charleston News and Courier heads an editorial “Common Sense About the Treaty.” From some of their recent remarks in Congress the Republicans, et al., apparently have a hazy idea that there is none. The packers, by great efficiency, are said to make use of every part of a pig except the squeal. The Ger- mans, with even greater efficiency, are now using the squeal to induce the Allies to modify the peace terms. After all there's something to be said in favor of wearing masks at the “movies.” They have a tendency to act as muffflers on those oboxious persons who insist on reading aloud the titles and sub-titles of pictures ts the annoyance of everyone in their immediate vicinity. The tax books will open 16th. 1919, for the collection of Bute, county and school Uxcs for the fiscal year 1919, and will remain open until Dec. Slat, 1919, without penalty. From Jan. 1st to 31st, 1920, inclu sive, there will be a penalty of one f er cent, added/ to all unpaid Uxes. rom Feb. 1st to 28th, inclusive, an additional one per cent, will be added. From March 1st to 16th, inclusive, an additional five per cont., making a total of seven per cent, will be col lected for all taxes paid to and inclu ding March 15, 1920, at which time the tax books will close. The tax levy will be: For State purposes 9 mills For Ordinary "“County pur pose® — 12% mills For Constitutional School*. 3 mills Total —— 24% mills Special Ischool levies for 1919 are as follows: ■ 2 mills—Ashleigh, Barbary Branch, Cedar Grove, Columbia, Edisto, El- lentpn, Friendship, Morris r New For est, Seven Pines, Tinker’s Creek. 3 mills—Bloomingdale, Owens Cross Koads, Red Oak, Upper Rich Land. ^ 4 mills—Big Fork, Double Pond, Green’s, Hercules, Lees, Long Branch, Meyer’s Mill, Mt Calvary, Oak Grove, Reedy Branch, Rosemary. 5 qpills—Elko. 4 ' t 8 11 mills—Williston. 12% miMa—Barnwell. J. B. ARMSTRONG, County Treasurer. Barnwell, S. C., October 7th, 1919. NOTICE. On the 2nd day of March, 192^ we will sell the Double Pond Church to the highest bidder. The sale will take place in front of the church, at 11 o'clock. The carpet and pews are not included iq this sale. „ . W. H. Hartzog, J. A. Hartzog, J. S. Creech, Building Committee. 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