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THE BARNWELL PEOPLE ■bt«r«d at the poet office at Barnwell, S. C., as second-class matter. JOHN W. HOLMES 1840—1912 - SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year — $1.50 Six Months — .90 Three Months .50 (Strictly in Advance.) B. P. DA V lES. Editor and Proprietor. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 192U Aft<*r all is sjiid and done, a town is no better than the people who live in it. of the efforts being made to lower the price of the raw material, that such action is in restraint of trade. The cotton mills realize that there i-t a great shortage of cotton and , it seems that they are determined not to pay a fair price for the remnant? of the 1023 erop. And still another thing: In the face of all the curtailment talk, con sumption for January, this year, was almost the heaviest on. record, and the government’s report'on the num ber of active spindles* • was a hear- record-breaker. There seems to he “somethipg rpt- ten in Denmark” when the price can be forced down at the whim of- r few moneyed men. * • ' SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS FROM WILLISTON ‘‘Bankers May Sail frrim ChaTte-- ton.”—Headline. Well, you can't blame them for that. Mrs*. W. (’. Smith, Sr., Entertained Bridge Club Last Week. Oil is supposed to make machinery run smoothly, but look what it has done to the Republican political ma-' chine! Saturday. Mrs. Carey Smith spent the week end with Mr, Matt McCreary in Aiken. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hair and .Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Mitchell motored * to' Augusta Monday in tpie new seda*n of TRe lattef. v - Mh G. W. Lybrand has returned to his home in Wagoner after visiting his daughter., Mrs. M. A. Smith. „ The following ' from Williston saw Anna Pavlowa and her company in Augusta Tuesday: Dr. arid Mrs. J. L. Smith, Mrs. Q. A. Kennedy, Mr. find Mfs. Q. A*; Kennedy; Jr., Mrs. J. E. ^Kennedy, Mrs. Tate Willis, Mrs. Wai ter Cheatham, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Latimer, and Mrs* E. C. Smith C. E. HalL-R. I. Rountree and W r . R. Kennedy are in Barnwell this week serving on the grand jury. ..Mrs, Kate Woodward, formerly of Rlackville, bu? now a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, was the guest of Mr and Mrs.’ J. C. Hair this week. * > * • Suffers Sprained Ankle. We see by the papers tiiat a Penn sylvania'man had five wives. And yet some people insist that 13 is the unlucky number. Show us a town where th<[>/" is plenty of parking space* . and we’ll show you a dead town. The congeste 1 condition of HaniwcH’s street.-*^;; cvideiKc that this is one of the live.-d towns in the State. Mr. L. E. Davis, a member of . the s Barnwell volunteer fire department, ednesday suffered a sprained ankle while re sponding to the second alarm of v fire Sunday.' In jumping from an-*mto n- «ut >- and at Then- t-eems to—lie thioi* “leading” newspapers in Barnwell County, so , A- we just want to remind our friends that only one is “Just Like a Member of th-c Family” and that one is “The Official Newspaper of Barnwell County." Figures and Liars. That “figures, don't tic, hut liars ‘some times figure” has ln*on proven once -moiv when Southern senato's investigated the r< cent bt'af raids i n 1 ho Kitton market which have c * t the. South millpyn' v ;xif doll •ill This investigation has disclosed -the fact that “the govvrnnu*nt’s cotton statis ticians, in endeavoring to cstinuU'* crojis, make niisttikes, but in-tead, of candidly admitting their mistakes priKteed to juggle figures .. Th<* statisticians on the stand testified tluit consumption by la t November was more than r >(M),000 bales in es- cess of thi* number of bales which it had lH*cn estimated would -be produi - ed. But the statisticians did tiof frankly tell the country that the es timate had proven incorrect.' hrstead, they adde'd to their original estimate the dOO.OOO hales so as to make the totals balance, and thus, according to Southern Senators, it was made to appear that there was more cotton in existence than actually existed. This condition affected-the market dcleter- iously from the standpoint of the pro ducer of cottofi.” It is inconceivable that a smtdl group of men should he allowed to continue to so juggle figures with its consequent lies to the .South of mil lions of dollars. The production of cotton has been made precarious enough by the advent of the boll weevil, without the price >>f the staple being hammered down by the gam blers of Wall Street, aided and abet ted, as it seems, b‘y the jugglers of the government. Another thing that -hmild be in- vostigated is the concerted action on the part of the mills in curtailing pro duction. .It is quite possible, in view mobile, he twisted his ankle aTid at iirst it was thought that his leg was broken. The injury is quite painful, put he is able to get around with the assistance of a walking stick., DR. CKCTL KA)\ * Physician and Surgeon. Office at Mace Drug Company. Barnwell, S. C. Advertise in The People.. Wm.McNAB Representing FIRE, HEALTH AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANIES. ** • ■ . Personal attention given all business Williston, Feb. 23.—Mrs. A. M., Ken nedy accompanied Senator Kennedy back to Columbia this we^k to attend the governor’s reception Wednes evening:. ” . v Mrs. W. (’. Smith, Sr., .was hostess to the Bridge club last Wednesday. The large living room was filled with bright spring flowers There were four tables.- Mrs. W. C. Smith, It., assisted in receiving the guests and arranging places. The players drew score cards dec. rated in red hearts in honor of St. Valentine. Tw<> very lovely living “Valentines” Misses Nancy Davis of Blackston**,. Va„ and MW Kennedy assisted Mrs. Smith in serving a delicious salad and coffee course. • * ■ / Mr. and Mrs. \V. (-. Smithy Jr., and Mr. and Mr. W. R. Kennedy henual Sousa’s hand in Augusta Thursday. After, conducting a splendid school of vocal mu ic here for the past month and leading the singing at the Baptist church, J. M. Kirby has re turned to his home* in Columbia. - Mrs. Walter Duncan artd son, Aider- man, of Aiken, attended the funeral of the former's uncle, Capt. J. N. Han- kinson, Tuesday morning. Mr. and Mis. (h W. Whitaker, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. S* If. Mr. ami Mits. C. Ir. Greene.,-Dr. and Mrs. Wallis Cone, Mi. and .)Irs.-.John Portep, Dr. and | Send Us Your Job Work. Mrs. J. L. Smith, Mrs. Q. A. Kennedy, Freest Smith,' Miss Kami Lott, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Latimer, Mi Frances Rankin, and Alex Shapiro, 'Bryan Powell and Arnold Lee and others at tended “Eve" in Aiken Thursday night of last week. . Mrs. J. F. Kennedy, Mrs. Walter Cheatham, Misses Nancy -Davis, Elizabeth Kennedy, Mrs. H. M. Thomp son. Mi s Ma*ry Dell Thompson, Mj:>. Q. A. Kennedy, Jr.. Mrs. Cary Smith ami quite a number of others saw The Covered Wagon” in Aiken last ddnother Beason Wh i] t BuickCusbi cri On All Roads L V.C. - ■ V The cushions on Euick open cats are supported on double-deck springs. The upper springs, light and easy acting, smopth out slight road irregularities, wltile the larger and stronger lowers absorb the bumps that cause the ordinary seat to ’‘strike bottom”. Two pads oi curled hair between springs and French plaited uphol stery give that final softness and assure the purchaser a cushion that will stand up. . . v • Butch Fundamentals «£* 1 A firm and stable or- ganization that has built +%. a uniformly gppd .<$r ,t’f t * economical pr ice abet .. ** v operation,.,, ...y . 2 A chassis so'designed and coordinated that it performs equally efficient ly under all-conditions. 3 A wide variety of body types that ine</t all inSi- v"id ua 1 rcqmi«ifisnts and^ establish a standard of •quality end style. I 4 Buiek Authorized scry- ♦ ire nvail ible everywhere V th ronchout the life of the car. . . ■ Office in Harrison Block, Main St BARNWELL. 8. C. A •'*4 A ^ j+t 4 Wiien better ai Notice of Discharge. DENMARK BUICK CO. Notice, is hereby given that I will file my final account with the Judge of Probate for Barnwell- County on Monday,-the 1.7th day of March., 1924. and petition the’said court for an ‘ order of discharge and letters -dis- mWory. . J- Mrs. Mamie T. HarTTnl Administratrix. RK, s. c.: f V • • -X-X-X'V-X-X- T X t * SEE ME FOR PRICES I have a complete stock of all grader on hand at all times. Also Acid, Kainit and Soda. The old reliable Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co.’s Brands. E. McNAlkii^amwell, S. C. * 4 * 44 * 44 I* •I 44 # 44 * 44 ! 44 ^* 4 ! 44 * 4 *** ****** X ear 4 t 44 I 44 I' A Bank de pends upon its friends The mi rejufe of a bank’s success is not found ‘ in prosperous balance .sheets alefn?, but in the increasing number of its depositors. Tin*, pr-v* ■* x • t L.‘ gre^of its business and widening of its outlook depends upon'friends. It -is from such a point of view that we somewhat proudlj point > our ste:wly consistent growth Vhich stands for ' 'pr'egres,.'-,*. ..Safety witfi service and the faithful performance of ofir duty here. WE RESPECTFULLY SOLICIT YOUR ACCOUNT.' i ; . f Y THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK - Capital Stock, $50,000.00 *' v ^ - . ^ Make This Bank Your Best Servant. ♦i 4 jTE. HARLEY, PRES, S. E. MOORE, VICE PRES. N. G. W . W ALKER^ViCE PRES. RALPH SMITH -CASHIER 'v* MASTfTIUS SALE. Y Y ❖ c. X ’ 0 _ ^ P ,r * * The Greatest One-Day Sale in Our History Great Things X --tO ' L ♦> Augusta, Georgia % iXXX»*XX 4 ‘> 4 t*»?*>*X < :^»X 44 XXXX*»X 44 X»»XX» 4 X 44 X»*X M X»»X»<'4* State of SoutlfiT.'aY(dina, s Barnwell County. , - - In the Court of Common Pleas. J. G. Altman, Plaintiff. vs. ^ : 0. U. Moore, De f end a nt^ By. virtue of a decretal'order to me directed In the'above entitled cause, | will sell at Barnwell, South Carolina in front of the Court House on Mon- day^March 8rd, 1924, it la'ing Sales- day in said month, with iff the legal hours of sale, pe following describe ed rv£l-p roper “All of that,• piece, parcel or tract of land known jU the “Sanders Place”/ situate, lying and being ill Rosemary ^ Township, Barnwell County, Sy^Ch | 4 ^ 4 Carolina, containing 1 / One Hundred ^ l ifty-seveir- (Id?) acres, more or less, 1 * and bounded on the North by lands of C., E. Grimes; East by Great Salke- hatchie River .and ^South and West t 4 by lands of Katie E. Moore.” - . Terms *of sale: cash, purchaser'to pay for pa pci's and stamps. * H. L. b’BANNON, Master for Barnwell County. February 11,. 1924. * A * * »x» 4 XX 4 < ,, x» 4 X* 4 X 44 >*;» 4 X» 4 X'*»x» 4 X' M t**xx* »!♦... : ■ — a X ❖ f T f X f L wish to advise my friends that-1 w Tl be 'prepared to take %♦ of their needs foa first class coal this winter. Vs *n ♦be n***. ♦V ♦t* care of their needs f(^i» first class cr.al this winter, as in. the past. V 4 ^ 4 I am making arrangements for the'best grade the market affords V'and my.prices.-will be,as low as. is consistent with quality. See ♦ me before placing your order. 1 I w'ill have ♦♦♦ . a number of splendid Horses anil Mules, which I 1 I will offer at money saving prices. Dop t forget me when in need X of Buggies, Wagons, Harness, etc. — 1 HILL TOR STABLES/ BARNWELL, S. C. ’ Advertise in THE PEOPLE.