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E K ( I! THE BARNWELL PEOPLE at Um post office tt Barn wall, 8. C.. at aacond-claat matter. JOHN W. MOLMM 1640-1912 E. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1920. Down on the Bowery in New York the other day, some 300 Italian chil dren were engrossed in following the fortunes of a screen hero in a little moving picture theatre. No thought of impending tragedy clouded their enjoyment. Suddenly, a wisp of smoke curled up between the cracks in the floor and some one cried “Fire! In the terrible panic that followed— the dreadful rush to reach the exits and safety—a number of little ones were .trampled to death. When the excitement had subsided it was found that the theatre was not on Are at all, the smoke having been caused by smouldering paper in a furnace pipe. A parallel to the above incident can be found in the situation that the country is facing today. A few weeks ago, we were all enjoying the benefits of abundant prosperity, the future was roaeate and there was nothing to warn us that our dream of continued good times was so soon to be turned into a hideous nightmhee of great financial loea and. we fear, in •cere* of instances, actual privation. Enddenly as in the little ~mort theatre, the wtap «f anaoka appears and hi the general dap renal an th chief a mean which are n that ha wean and tha food that ha •ats, when tha latter la not rataod on hit own farm. * Past experience hat shown , the South that it can gat more for a small crop than it can for a large one. and the small crop can be produced for a great deal less in time, money and labor. Therefore, it would seem the height of foolishness to plant a large acreage in cotton next year. ‘ As we have remarked before, any* price in reason could be secured for the 1920 crop if it were possible not to plant a single hill of cotton next year. A dollar a pound would be cheap for the staple. But even a bona fide reduc- tion^f 33 1-3 to 50 per cent, would guarantee a profit on both the 1920 and 1921 crops—or so much of the present crop as still remains in the hands of the producers. Why can’t the farmers come tc a realization of the true facts? Why do they insist on working their own financial ruin year after year by over-producing? , Rural-Carrier Examination. * The Greater Lore B, T. B. ALDERSON The United States Civil Service Commission announces an examina tion for the County of Barnwell,’ S. C., to be held at Barnwell on Dec. 11, 1920 to All the poaitfon of rural car rier at KIiiml and vacancies that may later occur on rural routes from other post offices in the above-mentioned county. The salary of a rural car rier on a standard daily route of 24 miles la flJMO per annum, with aa additional $30 per mile per annum U •aril mile or amjor fraction la emceaa of 24 miles Uoa w4t) bo opM only k erv srteoliy domiciled la the lory of a post office la Urn set form in r« K« <GU HIS. W«ai*rn N*wa|>*p«r Onion.) Helen Mowbray sat before the grate- and gazed long and seiioufly at Its few dying embers. After pressing her lips sadly across a written sheet in her hand she slowly but deliberately tore It Into strips and let It fall Into the fire. Her Ups tightened, p tremor of emotion swept her face. Then she seemed to determine on some definite action In regard to the theme occupy* Ing and distressing her mind, and she allowed the fragments of paper to consume without a wince or quiver, although they had held words that had for a time aroused all the eager long ing of yearning love What now became ashes had been a letter from Hector Duane. He, Helen and her younger sister Lois had been friends at Woodvllle for some time. Helen had come to the city with Lois to visit an aunt. Lois had returned home a few days previous, but Helen had remained. That morning the let ter had come from Hector Duane, a manly. Ingenuou* appeal for her lore. WUOld idle decide to become bis wife When she returned to Woodvllle? -A month since this missive would have ma<f$ Helen the happiest glH In the world. Just now It rendered her first nmleclijed and wavering and then wretrbed. A strange thing had ha|»pgy»ed. She loved Lois as the very apfde of her eye. She had guard vd. cheered, treasured her ■Ince vhe araa a rhIM. ready !• aaeri6ce every - thing foe her anhe. Tt»l* devnCHm had been a mered wdvma |*wmlae *• her mat her when the (after died, and H«4ea had aal Weea neglertful nr aa fitvhfdl la a single rvupert And as hawr after bala had gene Heir* had f iaa I that her Mer had left far+and her a pftagfa death Caraltaa. all Cagnty I Court of Comma PWas R. A. Ellis, rialntitf Agninat Roaa L. Mariano, rt. al Drfmdanta By virtue of* a decretal order to me directed in the above entitled cause, I will sell at Barnwell, in front of the Court House* in Monday, the 6th day of December 1920, it being sale day in said month within the legal hours of sale, the following described real estate: All that tract, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Ben nett Springs Township, county and state fcforesaid, containing twenty six acres, more or less, bounded North by C. L. Hiers, East by A. E. Mix- son, South by L. Jones and West by Carrie J. Ashley. Alsot ^ All that tract, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Bennett Springs Township, said county and state, containing twenty eight and one-half acres, more or less, aijd boun ded North by lands of N. A. Patter son; East by estate lands of John Killingsworth; South by B. J. Mix- son and on the West by lands of T. A. Greene. - , Also*.'* All that tract, piece or parcel of land situate lying and being in Red Oak Township, county and state aforesaid, containing twenty nine acres, more or less, and bounded on the North by Joseph A Meyer; East by I. W. Roun tree; South by E. A. Mixson and West by estate of John Killingsworth.. Also: AU my interest in 74 acres I seventy four! of land situate lying and being In said county and state bounded on the South by Killingsworth and Robert Berry; Eaat by Dicks; North by lands of J. P. Singleton and West by Earl Singleton Alas: All my Mlewot In >4gbty*one till arm of laud, n — of Woo. sltaote tyb« and h*mg * tbe said count* nod stale aad boundnd on tbe North by inrwb feo»W«: Wool by tbe Dun Truck for* i U; ONE MODEL U-X REPUBLIC TRUCK 1H TON CAPACITY. EQUIPPED WITH CAB TOP, CURTAINS AND PLATFORM STAKE BODY. WILL SELL FOR $2,500.. REGULAR RE* ‘ ‘ . TAIL PRICE OF THIS TRUCK IS $2,906.. WILL SELL WITH- OUT BODY FOR $2,350. THIS TRUCK IS BRAND NEW, . NEVER HAVING BEEN USED. REPUBLIC TRUCK CO., HAS GUARANTEED NO REDUCTION IN PRICE BEFORE JULY, 1921. .. - Q. A. Kennedy ! WILLISTON. SOUTH CAROLINA WANTED ***.. Pine Timber - ^ ^ to „ ‘ - Round Logs F. O.-B Cars or Delivered Augusta See us for particulars Augusta Lumber Company, «• me a r«nm Hu CHS fee rn» tune being W -f Am ans s*f m* pay me I tsvos ft«mrw or s«d •a a ba a c nmedWa uf a*e II HL «f Aftl «f Hesemavt A ft Harm wRtm Mar*«•«*•«*«« | : LONG TEKM MONEY to LEND i; »» per mil mtrrrat oh Urge amounts Pm ate funds for small huans BROWN A BUSH ; la*Teas s%s>*rll. sorm cAaouHA. Advertise in THE PEOPLE. •mr *d*sv* « i» § • —$ *1 f «* •♦f n a» %a* a%dl mm TWv am bmi ■ amen < *• <b*S udi bea yam *a<*» i» vsy* be «a* avnnbang I at I Ubry ft* n*fti aaai •bat If • r '—mt *«*%**•* - I Wit ■ ***$ ks Msssblkai I S»w*g • m mmt l **• mi amJmm fry I 1 i* v AaMhAv ■ <a***4 Immi «• I mAmm* *1 * •* yaV Amt wAmm •• i g v It* M*g **#• •* mmrmm mm |l L*l | fl ■ sr$ii emsftUv a Mb i* buy •!! «f tbv cvs*'t«v* and MUhv «*f (bv caasfaaft life fee hima^tf am* bi* family- but $ d* net take mt* acrount annvreveary haturv** that *nly the well U>-du can affvrd If it hr trur that “the labor er b worthy of his hire.** wr cannot aplit haim and app'y that rule to any one particular kind of industry. It should apply to the fanner as well as to the millworker. ^ No good reason, economic or other wise, can be advanced to support the theory that the farmer should l>e forced to live in abject poverty any more than any other class of people. He must have food to eat and clothes to wear, just the same as everybody else, and in addition he has the same human desire for some of the com forts of life as has the dweller in town or city. We ail know what a rarity it is to see a system of water works or electric lights on the farms in the South In fact, they are still regarded as curiosities in many loea- ities. We also know that in many instances Comfortable fortunes are amassed by land-owners, not from the jfrqfits nftey make from agriculture but what they get from exploiting their labor. W’e are many years re moved from the days of slavery, but the South is still being cursed by the effect a thereof. The world seems to that because owner* of lar^o plantation* made money then oa rwtton by wockiag slave labor ad today caa makv omsmt* TV* mbs* sowmasg «*» os b*«* «o udm bass ogsaa v mo v*ve a msasso foaoi ks<4 fVv 4a 9 mo a b* Vai avOPH^aoU mmmm S $*•9 uadb a* vogagMaMNL s**wo* *aH agato? If im$ ^ayeekBU** *99% mmm his* that bac nvfaosl o** Rpomm | If* taagbf €**#*# I* AMal La*d t« gshw**a li i« i$y»***ni* > od fr*o* iMiaoa that • (*** > 114* i-miiMml Kjb •b*i'lib a <l fn resafTT f**V fh*« r«*Ntnan$ «tf $Hr f** * *ihj*iI isart m! Um* iuMrritorv <n\fr vrtilch lln-y Ittrumrtf rNn^Ml st *111 In the % ary ms |iiir*!ilt» of sml himtinr. «nv* thr X< % * York K\e- n^nc MsH. The r«-**errnflo»i tv in rn»n- ■fst nf ILinkM nnd Yirforia l-lnnds. rnrrli nf the vn«! r«*sl»»ti. wide the continent, known n* Norfliwest terri tory. nnd f:ir north of th? Arctic cir cle. From Ihi* rhserviitloit. Hiid 8p|mr*»nt- ly tlie Avnters Immediately nd.iarcnt to It. wlflte hunters arc to he exclud ed ; and those who have lieLMin - *opera tions on Hanks Island will he ousted. Thus the resources needed to sustain Eskimo life will be preserved. Of d a Welsh Belief in Witchcraft. Witchcraft in Wales is still in exist ence, as was shown recently by a case which was tried at the Glamorgan as sizes. A Welsh farmer and his family, who were suffering from a skin dis ease. sent for a local wise woman, be lieving they were *al! cursed. The woman - pronounced «the family be-, witched, nnd prescribed for n fee of $d10 a small rlutmi made of wood nnd cinders. Otlo'r instatfee* of the same woman’s exploits were iiteutlgMd when for amounts vary in c from $ * to 91.5A0 she demonstrated her power* among crrdalotjv folk. w.f# TmM Up I WWw tb* fovvwC 4k mi glMfUf, «*bH 4hA» Cm> Hr* tn g|s**i9ghpi *b* -MHkMiw nbfeV %* *e*v*>i Imm**** 1 <*v9 mmi + Ms*w*a b 4M4b*WSss4 db** tWw»*» V*^ MwVMst fVv #**#** »'*$<* mt v s$**4vbv **** •*■ Iwswww g* *tbv 4PJL yAwSM* * *b*»'4 «Vm *• *SKg>Npm*MMi w*v yuwwMM mmt mm * W*Ht Vgt *s*m | w*sga* **$** |$*SB^Bi' -gestN**- *9 * V* Vv**S9 IV*^SBW9 f w<s*bmv V«*4 tp*MHv#Msft wili 4k* wV»f wvsa** in is* M S**tJ* «4b* mmvwmwvmA. V*f W«4k*w9f I **• * wv *S* Sms* m*I .*■ w* b*v bi>nni*iii*4k* mrmmtt wm§ Vv«* • *9*f»* fbr **s i1m> b** Is V*r HMrv I* *l*rv» * *• M*fl ***** *vk4*9an* mi k$* Vb«*9bC *l*«vrs brV « ** aWMS • Mg •$•**?-' fV*,* at ■***—" lb*** *«v •fV* * Tll*H It* ***$ pt***»*t *9B*I tsBfW< W'A Wlw .IM ***t bewr f ■ *tft 11** to* | Htafw* • $;«In T1» -rr wi^r twiwctvr, U-UrCfc frmtt I **t« nnd mi«** tiiuilly tbsL-XCSil. ■f ltn»e I•*«#•#. Li-* poir a -**« rrf front >«ni. *»■>rr i|«-$$r. I ant • ns.t^rd To %tll«ttu , You diatl know itt tar n«*Tt letter.' V .» <■ 4.i' *- ’ater f! another l«»tier from that fairly sttimnnl lliden f«»r it reatl: I tintTtt- cagt^tl to Hector Wiulliams. Y«m tiev*»r knew hl:n. t hut In* *** :« young man you will* tmly admire and esteem, a slrantei’ In Woodvll'e. hut lu» of an excellent family and oh! he loves me s*o dearly.” Helen was sfck at heurt at the enm plication, her ^acrifleial sisterly ac tlon had brought about. She decided to go hack home, hut hopeless of ever regaining the happiness she had lost Fate favored her. however. Sh- Kad left the train at a connecting point .just at dusk at a little way sta tlon, .and on the next train to arrive who should appear hut Hector, the “real" Heitor! He was ennsciousH over-courtcous toVvards her, hut when they learned that the train to dVood jLilh* was two liours late and. tl*A/ohl urged him to Ifttlld a fire in the lonely station heater, nnd he was so atten live In insuring.her.comfort. It m*emed as If she iim«t qpnfc** nil t»i h!m. ~| am going *l»r««nl." )••> t*a<) told Iwt. apd Ihe statement w»» •*» tinged with an tmdrrrwrreM $ f «M<li$e«* that Hr 1 -* t-r^*** «b*w» •u«-r4« t M * rmmtm »st**> W »*, t**k ed gmmm$ h*f i hr «*«l la b*v k<r%iilfWiMf f*er ll*4w «*•** amt $m§ II* V*m4 Vr* «S* m m** \ \ 3B BUICKI *« iv tv t j V B I ICA llgi llHittt i dfs tttwsfK I he pese* (Hal hg*ta «»i ticpCfKijhiisfY f«ar |mo ilccgucg gmJ it i% otm iMiural that rm* h \ car mofc 2n»l hm rt huvttttw* men gfid prulciaMtfidl men shouk) chiwuc Buh k. In ■dditiofi fti tltetr rehghtltt\ fur bu»i- iicim ute a flic Buick \inetren Twenty ^ hie M odd* pi>Nnrv» pou rr, bcsutY, r»Miminos ancl comft>rt tlut make them oprcidlly ^r.tnfvin^ in leisure hours to the entire family. The new Hun k three Haase riper Roadster is admirably fitted to the needs of business. A nation-wide Buick Service re-inforco the Buick dependability. Prices of the New Nineteen Twenty One Buick Series MimIcI Twrnf* Our UtifTv tour. tLrrr i-ar 'iri Torulv Onf Frvtv Fiif, live ur \<o.l.-: T Wrnn Orir-F"ri> ^ i, fojrpii-r.jrr ooj.e i : I <* ••n> o-ir I .--t. -urn, tr-<* ikj- • .^rr M .! . ! *fn!> On*’ I Fijjhr, f<i.tr p... _•••• (nupe MmtH I •;?% Oeir Forty Nine; -vn, patsenfetctr .Mocirl Lwcntv Or- ! .!iy, <~n^f, ft-VI T'vT t. 0. ’> Ijntry, / lit' XTidiigan -f' ¥ r'Trrr Mill iL J / -ji mt # 5^ '*T "fc mmmm ggp MS gas MV Mb ** A Si KAJUltftJ i a v ? it