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BARNWELL W THE LONG AGO. f»t «W qmrUr July 1, Accordtef to Xhm Affurw compUod by th* ttoto highway commimion Tbla quarter actually represents the Aral half of 1920, as no compilation was made for the first quarter of this year. In some instances a portion of the funds have been set aside for the maintenance of roads that may be taken over by the commission. Fol-? lowing are the amounts that will be turned over to the counties in this section: 1 Aiken .__$ 9,588.90 Allendale 2,944.26 Bamberg * 6,079.55 Barnwell 5,130.39 Colleton 3,412.96 Calhoun x 4,544.16 Dorchester 3,453.06 Hampton ... ..... 4.091.53 Jaspor .... .... ....... 875.11 • Orancsbur* 17,777i)6 cotton •t-rmio MTUNI IN PAST WUK IMM b tbs mattsr undsr advlssmsat la to •asm• as authoriUse which the at torneys submitted W. D. Mayfield, Jim Breedtn and Henry B. Sandifer, Bamberg county men, are wanted in ^lorth Carolina on a charge of kidnaping, it being al« leged that they kidnaped two negro farm hands and brought them to South Carolina. Mayfield had previ. ously attempted to secure the extra dition of the two negroes from North Carolina and the request had been re fused by Governor Bickett. Attorneys for the defendants have contended that the governor has au thority'to inquire into the guilt or in- nocence of the alleged fugitives be fore granting extradition. This point was raised by counsel for the three South Carolina men at the first hear ing for extradition several days ago. the attorneys of t* for the tit My earliest recollections of Mer chants In Barnwell date back for nearly 70 years,—at least, 65 years. They are associated vividly and sweet ly with my Mother’s trips to the town in a buggy, with “Old Spark,” a bay horse, then worn and feeble from years of faithful service—plowing, hauling and the like. My father, feel ing that this old equestrian hero was entitled to some consideration and gratitude for his long years of toil, turned him over to my Mother’s ten der care, bountiful feeding and mod erate use. “Spark” was exclusively now her “buggy-horse.” He retained to the end of hia career, hia willing- neaa, obedience and fidelity; but he waa too weak now to stand the hard, ships of younger days. “Spark” w a good one; and Mother loved hil We ought to Jove and be kind to aai- of fapt gentle towards ms. Aftor his store la ashes by rscklsi he told goods in his residence, stand ing on the lot now occupiad by the Baptist parsonage. I bought from him some cloth for a suit, while he did business there. One day, at his cordisl invitation, I dined with him. He set a good table, indeed; yet apologized, saying: “Robert, we town folks can’t get up good dinners like you country people.” I thought the meal a very fine one. He had good cheese and crackers and other “dainties” that I loved and preferred to my good fare at home—good, I mean, in those hard, scanty post-bel lum days following Sherman’s devas tating march. “Copt. Brown’ a bachelor; day as for <Yi fine-looking, rather corpulent, always neatly attired. I remember his starched linen, white vest, low she hi summer, and hia enow-white seel I heard he Imd ease had a *1a« God E. A Jr. fee. I Mr Mr 1W urn at i*d Uf J. K d In the of fine dairy of the herd were polaoaqd, and more of them may die from the poieoning. Mr. Mayfield had used arsenate of lead as a poison for the boll weevil on some hilly land near his pasture. The night following a heavy rain fell which flooded the fields and swamps, causing the water to back up in the pasture. It is supposed that the poi son wap carried by the flood into the pasture lands, and when the cattle ate the grass or drank the water they bacame sick from the effects of the poison. This is a very great loss to Mr. Mayfield, as it is well known that his dairy herd is one of the finest in the state. Many of his cew* ore prise and worth big money. As a ult of the of the dairy kh adds to the leas taototaad by to *e uae ef to* dmd ud mm me use uf ma Mayor, the Hon. J, Emile Harley, who serived in this capacity so acceptably a few years ago and waa drafted by the citisens of the town to make the race again, after he had declined to do so whan approached by certain friend* His popularity is shown by the fact that he was unopposed and also by Hie vote, he having polled 263 out of 207. The race for Aldermen was close and interesting, a margin of only a few votes separated some of the can didates. Five erere elected on the first bellot, but a second race will bo necessary between T. J. Attaway and A. E. Hartir., neither of whom re ceived the neceeary majority. Th only was ths more stringent of the prohibHien Mayer-elect Harley m • is a •8. & B. • . u • • UP • too em ♦ * urn «# *■» to t to to to t one to to • sm# mo to I S««k eso <nmO none uMO ■* UtoMoemS tamo co Uto m** n Uto •tomtom emsdes tomem esamoeos • mm mm Of ommmm uuto tod m nto Stotona amouNtom Stow Sto <0*** mmmn# tone nmmmto *dto She m»m osa so moA wmtoumm sa mm ssaotom tom UMSdm 80mm emooO um gnome vSnto Omd eomtoo moon codssod 8to gntoMn to# Sn too foemoe stoam mud •An unsuaod non #4 tout outommu to too lomoe gsmtoo Eeodmono of o form** meeemes m She toneedri foe tod mtoml ceeM mrid he 000**% toohod foe Utoe wsoa ond goi fisU mso v*#* aeeoi is thee dtonqsioo oounpaHnemhip rneuto In no new# nod vssstod feftoet The tmds v 41 prahobiy hnvo te pny mens nttentteo In wenther nod crop newt than wan ths cnee Into week for the August condition peroid ends Wednesday and around that time several private bureau report* on con dition will appear. Opinion is sharply divided a* to whether the crop ha* fallen or held its own lately. Reports of last week tnade it plain that dry weather was imperative in many sec tions of the belt and a return to such conditions would probably cause much new selling while continued wet and cloudy weather would bring in a large demand. e**e «# I Mb to Uto e m I dwUm w** 4* *‘wd > ***u toSto te omm emm me* Auhe dtoMuame ued sme sassmm a*e muto StomSWes* toeewosto eed ton eeito earn hse emaUes. toe* Al SSUe e*e «S Stoma# w*** tors* tee* »■»■* I foe a utos* •mSL Mum* ^ • piMpm»w *#A*a#Ba» • * • A tome* ea tototoupd tomddpasto pAa* wee ttrurk kg hghttoag dmtosg heavy raia Iasi weeh It waa aet fore and raft rely foot ray 4 with caudeata. Orcupants were net at houm About tbs same date tbs Hercules Smgleton resideure waa burned by defective flue. N. A. Patterson. Mias Frances Verdrey has return ed to Augusta after a visit to her sister, Mrs. Victor Mate. Lyndhurst Items. Lyndhurst, Aug. 20.—Messrs. R. H. and Frederick Gantt, of Allendale, are spending the week-end with relatives. Misses Lestie Glover and Emily Caldwell, of McPheraonville, who have been spending some time with Mr. R. M. Hay and family, returned borne 00 Messers. J. D. Bethea and H. J. Phillips attened a dance in Aiken Tuesday night of last week. f to mu** l n* eUtom ewe* m fob aMh f ea toma erne onA oafs o eeum**^ * fog *n#tei too**. to*a *■** e seutoto enow 1 toe of Uto to f Lagtotoeusw euu um* I a tomoe puhtto sgmUoe | smtol has J sf thlt tost aftoe the f'evc Btot to ef toaauee** He wua la Rato ; maud. I thmk. uheu Jehuaeu ato Bvueregnrd. Jack a—. Hampton. Lee. Bartow, and their bsuve “bey* la gray” won that famous fight. Col. Ryan spoke with pnde of the victory and waa very sanguine about Anal Southern Independence. , I well remember several other Barn, well (town) merchants: “Capt. Sid Brown,” Mr. Miller, Mr. Bowman, Mr. Tom Richardson, Mr. Westerman (I think)—besides Dr. Harley and Dr. Frank Brown—well known druggists. Robert Harley and a brother—sons of Mr. Jacob Harley—kept the Harley Drug Store, and Mr. Brown, his own. L-stood, as a small boy, watching, at times, these gentlemen “fill prescrip tions.” I remember how Robert Har ley (later of Allendale, I think) laughed and “teased” Major Jones M. Williams, .oge day^ while mixing drugs. The Major—a noble gentle man—did not “crack a smile.” Mr. Frank Brown wort generally a serious pharmarlst I. always had a Mgh regard fat him Aad hia I * *.# r Atom a to a *.»• 1 e* r* - wed. toe Gaud toaehe aapa j "Pu* them m mmd to apeak dkg of aa aue* < fowl» And ewer to "apeak evil", without a justify mg veasoa. may entail a Met that will he hard to eradicate. “Who steals my puree, steal* trash; But he who filches from me my good name Rob* me of that which not en riches him. But makes me poor indded.” “A good name is rather to be chos en that great riches.” My young reader, I beg you to remember this, and other Scripture Proverbs. , I owe thanks to Mr. Bowman (he was a nice Jew) for an up-lifting compliment. As Mother bought cloth (say, so many yards) from him she would ask me “how much it cost.” Mr. Bowman exclaimed: “Your little boy can count good!” But let me check, here, the ganculuous and remi niscent old man. However. I beg to add that just after “art bays in gray” (ragged gray) return lag from tbe war country ag ap aU peat Bara TV# add “t C End U p*> i apt Riley for *UUfc. little cask toft. 80 murk fee certaia ~ Ei-Confederate” soldier*, jaat after the war. The times were indeed hard. Industrious white lad lee- farmers' wives and daughter*—spun cotton, wove cloth, cut and made clothes for the men and women. “Homespun” (some of it very nice) was “all the go,” or principal reliance for garments, during and following the war. Shoes, during the war, were made chiefly at farmers’ homes from tanned hides,—tanned at home. White men and negro men made the shoes, using thread and wooden pegs* I could “peg soles” myself, after some fashion. I wore into the Army, Sept., 1864, home-made shoes that served me well, five months on James Island and three months, through mud and water, to Greensboro, N. C. As I was leaving for home, I drew a pair ef heavy, “irau-elad” aboea aa Inch too tong for ■* marrbad borne. 119 mfioo. la tom. aad uaad torn all af toad four IBBk. I f*Ai to aay ** B om la to* etorv of toe Obi* Muad la a ■ Utoe toon early la connect ion with toe paign that the County Agents arc putting on la county this fall the early molting hen {* the one to be discarded. Th* old theory of keeping the early molting hen has been exploded. Sava money and feed bills and make the poultry flock one of the best paying branchea of the farm. Either kill or market the hen that sheds her feathers be fore the middle of September. Utoto * Olar Newa. Olar, Aug. 21.—Miss Daisey Riser is visiting in New York and other Northern cities. Supt. F. C. Chitty of the Olar high school has returned from Grovtland, Ge. t where he has been spending hia Mt. and Mr. M. E. RIm v .. tow % tom