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THE BARNWELL PEOPLE
Entered at the post office at Barnwell,
S. Cm as second-class matter.
JOHN W. HOLIES
1840-1912
B. I*. DAVIES. Editor and Proprietor.
THURSDAY, APRIL 14TH; 11)21.
Witty and Wine.
“A poet is horn, and not made”—but
so is everybody else.—Neodeaha
(Kans.) Retfister.
Still another reason why men don’t
go hack to the farms is their wives.—
Washington Post. p
There is one thing about being pro-
American—there are no regrets.—
Culdesac (Ida.) Enterprise.
The lure of the hose in the city
drives men from the hoes in the coun
try.—Gilmer (Tex.) Mirrod.
While the savage red man lived in
a wigwam he paid no rent.Why, then,
Sartorial art finds many forms of
News.
British Warship Badgss.
The British admiralty has decided
to provide-every British -warship “^ln
future with its Own distinctive badge.
These are being designed by MuJ.
Charles Koulkes, herahHe adviser to cent penalty is added for January,
Every man has days when hjs sus
penders insist on getting twisted - tnd
his socks keep coming down.—Howard
(Kans.) Courant.
If anv woman had all the clothes
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she wanted, the rest of the., women
would have to go around in barrels —
Sugar City . (Colo.) Gazette.
Girls may shut their eyes while be
ing kissed, as a scientist avers, but
you betcha they don’t when it comes
to selecting the engagement ring.-—
Richmond (Ind.) Hem.
The Spirit .of Barnwell.
Owing to the amount of space pre
viously promised for this weyk’s is*
sue of The People, the second sympo.
sium in “The Spirit of Barnwell” se
ries will not appear until next week.
The subject of the next number will
be, “Our Home Town; How May We
Improve It?” Articles on number 1
of the series, however, will Ik* received
and used. Every resident of Barn
well is cordially invited to help the
cause out by expressing, through the
medium of this newspaper, his or her
views on the subject. <•
Contributors are requested to send
in their articles, in duplicate, in ‘ime
for delivery. NOT LATER than m\xt
Sunday morning. Address articles to
P. O. Box ir.6, Barnwell, S. C.
the admiralty, who has already In
vented. JfiO badges. Considerable In
genuity has been exercised, as the
following examples will show: Ven
turous, two dice; Sportive, a hutting
goat; Tactician, a chess knight; In
constant, a butterfly; Sesame, a kej-;
Sterling, £; Watchful, an eye; Viva
cious, head of Mr. Lloyd George; Ter
magant, a fury; Nile, head of Nelson;
Truculent, Britisher smashing a Hun.
Each badge will be earvetl hi wood
and then cawt In brass, colored, and
fitted on the quarterdeck, as well as . a
on either bow of the boat. Two plaques
are to be used, the smaller one
for the bouts being . about eight
InClibS sqnare, alHt the one -for the ■
quarterdeck about W inches square.
Each badge Is designed in some way
to represent tin* name of the boat pjc-
torfally, or when that is impossible,
embodying some -device connected
with Its history. .The designs will bo
used also <m nole paper, and probably
on the brass muzzle-caps of guns,
which are privately bought by officers
of ,battleships.’
TAX NOTICE. *
In order that there may be no mis
understanding or' misconstruction- of
the law providing for extension of
the time for ppyirtg taxes, one per
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
£$*$$$$$$$$
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two' per cent foT February and threef
per cent for March. The said three
per cent remains without change un
til May 1st, when the seven per cent
penalty is added, and on May 15th
executions are to be issued. Penal
ties are>not cumulative; in ocher
words, only three per cent is to be
added up to May 1st. ' .
For State purposes _12 mills.
For Ordinary County
piuposes 11% mills.
For Good Roads, acts 1920.2 mills.
For Highway Bonds __. l lr4 mills.
For Constitutional School
--J mills.
Flat Feet Treatment Successful.
War experlem es have changed <►«?
views about flat feet. It was at, one
time .assumed that individuals so- af-
llieled were destined to lead sedentary
lives, and tlujiLltyy were disqualified
from partaking in \”oeations requiring
the constant use of the feet, sneb,as.
military service. 'I bis enomsms Idea
is still universal in Europe and to a
• large extent in America. It is in
weak l>et 'that the hones of the arch
drop to the ground, the muscles and
ligaments being so weak •atiyl flabby
that they cunnor bold up Dk* arch
bones. After a series of treatments^
in the most, chronic eases, the pro
lapsed boties will gradually rise until
they reach their normal height.
r Branch, Morris, ^
“Flivver" Airplanes.
.From time to 11140 4 photograph ap
pears, depicting a new airplane of com-,
imct'dimeiisions and equipjied witji a
low-power.engine. Sueli airplanes are
generally hailed as ‘ everybody's” air
plane and the coming “flivvers” of the
air. Yet an examtmitionoC these ma-
chines soon tllseloses the fact that
they >areof little practical value. They
are too small to he steady in Sight,
too low powered- to fly under moder
ately adverse condition^ loo flimsy to
last long and. taking if ail in ail, ab
solutely worthless for serious work of
any kit#. They should general,y-hw
treated us novellhv* except in rmi‘«
Instances.—Sfieutiflc American.
Advertise in The People.
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TOTAI, 30 mills.
Commutation Roatl Tax $5.00,
which will be collected at th* same
time and in same manner as other
taxes.
Special School District Levies for
Barnwell County for the year 1920.
TWO MILLS—Seven Pines, Edisto,
New Forest, Cedar Grove, Tinkers
Creek, Columbia.
THREE MILLS-Red Oak, Upper
Richland, Owens Cross Roads, Bloom-
ingdale.
FOUR MILLS—Long Branch.
Green’s, Double Pond, Ashleigh,
Lees’ * Barbary
Meyer’s Mill.
FOUR* AND ONE-HALF M1LLS-
Ellenton, 2 mills for ordinary school
purposes, and 2 1-2 mills for bridge
bonds
FIVE MILLS—San Hill.
SIX MILLS—Healing Springs.
SEVEN MILLS—Dunbarton four,
(4) mills ordinary school purposes,
three (3), mills for bonds.
Elko, four (4) mills ordinary
school purposes, three (3) mills for'
bonds. .
EIGHT MILLS- Big ForK, Hilda,
Four Mile Pleasant _Hill, Mt. Cal
vary, Reedy Branch-, Hercules, Oak
Grove, Friendship.
ELEVEN MILLS—Blackville, sev
en (7) mills ohlinary school pur
poses, four (4) mills for bonds.
TWELVE MILLS—Kline, eight
mills for ordinary school purposes,
four (4) mills for bonds.
FIFTEEN MILLS Williston,
eleven. (11) mills ordinary school
purposes, four (4) mills for bonds.
Barnwell, ten and _ one-half,
(IOV2) mills ordinary school pur
poses, four and one-half, (4V2) mills
for bonds. . '
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A petition having been filed in ac-
cordance with section 1742, general
school law of 1912, notice is hereby
given that an election will be held in
Dunbarton School District r No. 12,
on Friday, April 29th, 1921, for the
purpose of determining whether or
not a special school tax_of five (5)
additional mills shall be levied in the
above named school district.
The said election shall be conducted
as is provided by law. for the fold
ing of general elections. The polls
will lie opened at Dr. Johnson’s old
office and the trustees will act as
managers. 7 ■' .
Those favoring the , proposed levy
.will cast a ballot with the word “Yes”
written or printed thereon, and those
opposing the proposed levy sh^ll casf
a ballot with the word “No” written
or printed thereon.
. - HORACE J. CROUCH,
County Supt. Ed.
Barnwell, S. C., Apr. 12, 1921. 4 14 2t
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“WHATSOEVER A ;MAN SOWS, THAT SHALL HE°
~’ 5r ~ v • 7 _. ~ l ALSO REAP”- v .' ‘ : ^ ~
This is an unchanging law. There is no getting around
it: If a man wants corn, he plabts coipn.' If he wants
potatoes, he plants potatoes... Therefore, if he wants
money he should plant motley. How? By planting ,it
in a savings 1 Recount at our Bank, where it will grow.
There is no surer crop than the money crop if properly
planted and carefully cultivated. Make a start. Let us
help you. ',7 . •
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Bank of Western Carolina,
& Capital Stock Protection Over $850,000.
I ■ ' Barnwell, S. C.
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GET IN THE GAME.
^ Wm. McNAB
. ' Representing
FIRE. HEALTH AND ACCIDENT
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Personal attention given all business
..Office in Harrison Block, Main Stv—
BARNWELL, S. C. , —
Long Branch Philosophy.
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Once after our Smoke Hocxe
robbed we put on a New lock
fixed it good, this reminds us of y„-
aid we are to get uj) at WnshinglXn).
after one part of the folks are in he
poor yard and the balance taking,soap
from the red eross. me much'talked
of aid won’t do us much good, we
have seen headlines cut the acreage,
and after driving around in two or
three counties, slowly and surety with
out the aid og gas or Spark plugs,
and Just putting the lines over tnc
dash hoard and looking over the Sit
uation we Sojoqiiize thus, the po,»r
Burra and Nigger have cut acreage
big fashion on other products as well
as cotton, for two reasons 1st he
couldnt git the wherewith to (To it
with 2d he h^fs took the advice of me
same Beady^or Know alls who said
hold to it like death to a Sick Nigger,
we done that and then they used an*
other big word with r. 00 in it that-
nearly speMeT—corporation .we done
that, went 4o the meetings heard the
speeches put in the Stuff and have
not heard from it Since, dont kn iw
whether it fell in the pbtomac in go
ing over, or whether Soniehody eat it
up and kept it 11 Secrete or.something
else happened to it.
So what we wantcT to Say after a
great long preface was this that we
rend T)f the good times coming heard
the fine talks was counted in as one
who looked like something took advice
thought we had a tfi^ht Smart little
head and low and behold when all
comes to all. the third generation
wont be out of the -Scrape wc frnti trar-
selves in if the big fellow has cut, his
patch ‘must have beem a mighty big
one last year.
Riah Mas.
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You who have sporting blood and like a good clean game
—and what normal person does nol-have you tried the game of
saving money? It is an old game and a good one. ' Those who
play regularly are very enthusiastic about it. Try it, if you are
not already a player, and you’ll like it, too. And if you keep
at it, you will surely win. That is the beauty of this game-all
who play regularly and persistently are bound to win.
• Come to see us and get in the game.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
- Capital Stock, $50,000.00 _
Make This Bank Your Best Servant.
J. E. HARLEY, Pres. N. CLW. WALKER, Vice-Pres.
S. E. MOORE, Vice-Pres. L. P. WILSON, Cashiei Ralph smith, Asst. Cashier.
IT IS
TOUGH-
WATER PROOF
DURABLE
"Save the surface and
you save all
YOU
Will Be Delighted
When You Use
Carmote
Floor Varnish
in Clear Varnish and Chsrry —
Walnut — Mahogany — Rosewood -- Lt.
Oak — Dk. Oak — Golden Oak — Green
A WONDERFUL FINISH FOR
FLOORS ~ FURNITURE^ WOODWORK
Lemon Bros., Inc.,
Barnwell, S. C.
«$► ' ■
MONEY TO LOAN
Loans made same day
application received.
No Red Tape:
HARLEY & BLATT,
Atlorneys-at-Law
Barnwell, S. C.
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Farm Loans at 6, 7 &
ACCORDING TO SIZE OF LOAN, ETC.
WE HAVE CONNECTIONS TO MAKE.
AMOUNT, FOR ANY TERM OF YEARS.
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WORK DONE PROMPTLY
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LAWYERS,
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E. G. HAY,
Surveyor,
LYNDHURST, S. C.
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