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\ ■ ■ n* Fa •r VfUUmt ( ompanir* Many farmern ar* no iloubt aur- priM»<i arvj offcndwl Itrcaunr the Kertilixrr n*mpank.» l »rn down their application* for credit. In a I a rye number of ca.ea the farmer- have no one to Marne but themselvea. And here i? the reason: Whc^ a farmer jfives a chattel mortyaye c,n his stock and crop and pays it up. he noylec** to have the payment noted on the Clerk of Court’s hook. Hence, when the Fertilizer concern rends down to Barnwell for a re- nort on the financial condition of an applicant for credit the report shows thousands of dollars of such mortyayes stamliny on the Clerk’s books as unpaid, and so reports to the Fertilizer company. Now, as a matter of fact those mortyayes have probably been paid up years ayo but no'ody knows that except the two men in the case, namely, the man who pave the mortyaye and the man to whom it was given, and the third man (Fertilizer company) has no wav of knowiny that pay ment has hcen made except by con- sultiny th<* Clerk's books. The pay ment of the mortyaye is a secret between th'* two parties to the con- The Village Artist’s Revenge My ELLA SAUNDERS , . (®. 1IM, W*mi era Nr»*i>ap*r t7al*b ) “Yea, thera’a been aome ebangea in Freeport, inarm, aince you went awajr. Quite a few of us old folks gone, l guena. My cottage? Why, yea, thero lias been some changes, too. Them pic tures? Now, I’m glad you noticed them. You remember Ellen? “Why, it’s queer about Ellen. . You know, when she took that craze to gp to the city and he u painter 1 , nobody thought very much about it. But, you aee, Will Calder had Jilted her—»o tlidy said, juid I guess it’s true—after her father only left her live hundred dol lars instead of the thousands w# all thought old Mr. Nash was worth. “Well, she must of been gone nine or ten years, I guess, and here she comes hack—bought the old house, now—and she 'pears to be a famous painter, though none of us knew It. Making her Ilf teen thousand a year, they say. lea, Freeport's certainly proud of her daughter.. “Oh, them pictures? Why, she paint ed them for me. Charge? Nothing. Pretty, ain't they? And she's painted for a lot of the folks, but ns for her old flame, Will (.'aider—why, say, she'* stacked his house up with the paint- t i Augusta, Ga., Feb. C.—The mar riage of Mias Ruby Marie Creech and Mr. Joseph Alex Myers was solemnized Friday evening at 8 o’ clock at the St. Lulte parsonage, the Rev. W. W. Watkins officiating. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Myers motored over to the home of thjC. SXaom’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Myers, where a delightful supper was served* after which the happy young couple re turned to their new home at 20 Ellis St. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Creech. The only attendants at the marri age were the bride’s brother-in-law and yuster, Mr. and Mrs. Leon C. Cave, her brother, Mr. J. Cecil Creech, th ; brother of the groom, Mr. George Myors, and Mr. and Mn^ I^onard Williams and Mr. Sam Ual- man. In Memoriam. tract, alhough the mortgage itself bigs she's done for him. Pretty is public to all who care to consult the Clerk of Court’s Imoks. Therefon . we urge all farmers, and other person*, to get to the < 'erk’s office a« quick a* po**ihle after paying a mortgage, and have payment • otered on the h»H>k« •thenhae they w li Cnd th »A<M-lves in trounh when they *eek credit to •arry •»r. Im-mewa V MV Praaata Owe Soore* Iwew I vnmar k Kvb t* In the UkI au/paiAdinx JWnmafk. m berg (uuiit). peanut* hat* a ••apt* »t«*p »»th many «.f farmer* anrl talk* with the fa* af till* •e.t.-a baw* ►***"*«h» «**• fa*t that l*e| . «f«e»4r* pr«n«U «lia the •*-«**e i a* >e« »* sc«*ues I I don't wontler site's gucceed- cd." 1 was looking In wonder at the pic tures, for, of all tl* daubs I had e\er seen, these were the limit. Bnuid, flaring hands of color, rooveutional sweet things, gtria fares and country a enes -Just what «eould apprel to the unsoph 1*1 Irate*!. If these were samples of Ellen Na*h a worfc. then Ellen .Naat>'a wtpry (hat aha was a faiao«a pa later was * lie. Iran *4 mi rent (a the prra>*» with the amalleal hnaa ledge gf art. | walked op the hill la Will < sktre** piarv w III vaa at mark, hot hla ^tfe Ok Wooar otlh pridai Tha U.ioa.ramo aaa fait *4 »3laei a palatioaw “flta t they peettyY” aaid Mrs Oab *i da rbiok H was aaae* af bar *-">■ all tbeaa fag ae OOd •-» O On Thursday afternoon, Feb. . 1, 11123, at one o’clock, the Death Angel visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Sanders and took their loved one, Henry Sanders, from them. He was 37 yeart of age and was sick only a short time when (»od called him Home. “A precious one from us is gone; A voice we love is stilled; A place is vacant in our home Which never ton be filled.” V. Is N <eoa (bar w tmr* eery la»r* •f I he pa«l *»•»• ••» • II , CttsaaM* *per »«'••* M !**••• a»4 * -• m4 liosaaara irwt *f tbm *s«ta*a »* | ata aksrw h» Mated I kd psaamta see •# j m f-e hr* 'k-a mAt# kao^ti.o. K. Mkiy I a* k a* *»• ** I pSew aa«4 1 kat the taa»! 1 i p**par*d Wf•** pias* I <oMi«aiaK ar «•' he I 4 Mr (aoaaa d Ltj; * a f yso aw ■ be I by I ha a»» «»f a r>>sw kit la **gh; aisled iha' ■•**»* I ms w wa war fast a' a I •so- H - beta* I m •kc-! !• f-J it •• • !>•••»*.' fwM *S *• • «>.■*•' . * . l.gSt K.t r%• • U»’ Urn ** ,.* • t -•* • *** • ok j r- * - w • .* • ' J . )r>t* r t kr V k. 1 r • ••'* t<4 . •mall (•f* fit •’—I It —■** V*** * • *»•*• «fcr* j .14* pcf.t *tvi ik.t *• t** { rofil 1 nwr t«. I.U1-* tk. m . * -rar ..f k>* | t*M»f rV ••rof ** \- Mr t.Jr«• k*» torn planti t'g ft.rO* IT. t 0 .**»» a, f r- j ft‘t . rniftil ■ t «»f *rar*. ki« «latr j nrnl ■*«-. tm Iak«M* m* . ..mmg fr«*a 'Znl oaT* Z* apprecuited. l«a | tow a farmer TT at ha- lia I iwanut growing •vp t run* Earth to the (irrat Metund On Thursday. Feb. I. at two o’ eh* k. the Death Angel came and bore u vay <>ur lined one, Henry. His death resulted from a blow on the head. Mild to ha\e been received at a party near Olar on Thursday. Jan uary 25th He was carried home and a physician summoned. As his condition was found to l»e serious he was taken on Sunday to the Univer sity Hospital in Augusts, where ev erything that medical skill and lov ing hands could do was done, hut to no avail. The remains were laid to rest in Allen Chapel Churchyard Friday af ternoon at two o’clock, the funeral iHMfrg conducted by the Rev. Mr. Martin.— Henry wrs about 35 year old. Eleven years ago he married Miss Gcnia Creech, of the Big Fork sec tion, who preceded him to the grave five years ago. Besides his two children, Robbie and Lucy, the older not being quite ten years old, he leaves his parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Sanders, two sisters, Miss Vale’ie Sanders and Mrs. Levy Creech, and five brothers, Herbert, Ed, Perry, Rufu* and Rescue Xandes, all of Barnwell County, and a host of •ther relatives and friends to mourn Ais death. .One Who Loved Him. wrtf I aw mrn mm I ••• « k *fW4 dMi -I 4WH-M a. tJkHI • < tbrwr m I tv •f ikw »••«** ■ — ww pwJMwr Mlrteai K*atb wbkt Ikw4. b*vw ibv ewg* mf th* It WM Wkl kewit that Fltew •(* |cw*bite*l f mm t |ki«Vwrww TWw bk«W. hi It ■ M ElhkW wbo )wrt. aftwr I b*«t l«*t mlikMl >w* Mrw Tb*>mpm4i Will “I ■net-'*** *«« arw *••»*<lacing al-mt thr palnMngw^* she awkr-1 wlowlp. “Well yrw." I *rfitHrr*1 “I." mid Ellvn. am Miriam KHtb* I mt gwaplng at hwr Ilk* a ■traiidwd flah. “Y<*u *•*♦*. when 1 went to New York ! rhowe to lake ano||«er name. I wast ed luahlng to remind me of this hate ful |>la< a e. I was an unsopbistlrated girl 1-1 Binveeded at last. IVien. when 1 was rich, I felt the longing for a cmjnPrr place, and I bought the old hoifce. Here 1 ahall remain Ellen Nash. In New York I am Miriam Keith. Now—do von understand?" % She said no more, but suddenly I did understand. I saw the scorn rftfd the revenge of the artist upon the people who hud gossiped about her, lied about her. These pictures were their own level, and she had taken a clever and such a subtle revenge upon them! And upon Will Calder. most of all, filling up hi*; house with those trashy daubs. I wondered whether there had been anything In that story about them? Certainly the man could b* nothing to her now. =5= In a way I thought it was a reveng* upon Ellen’s own youth. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ PURE ICE AT i LOWEST * MARKET PRICES. I be« to announce* that I have oprfird an • ICC HOUSE in Barnwell A am prepared to aupplv the needs of the people here, bemnnina today. The ice told bv me ia made in Augusta and is PURE. CLEAR AND! HARD Your uatronase will be CHARLIE BROWN. Jr. Barnwell. S. 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