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THE BARNWELL PEOPLE. BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA. THE BARNWELL PEOPLE Entered at the post office at Barnwell, 1 S, C., as second-class matter. JOHN W. HOLMES 1840-1912 John J. Howell Dies; Was Youngest Rebel J - Jt*hn J. Howell,W Susie Grimes and Samuel Howell, pa.-sed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. D. G. Robertson in Augusta, Ga., Thursday evrrrinjr, January 22nd. at the a^e of 71*. He was laid, to rest in the St. George cemetery, the Rev. Mr. .Whi taker conducting the funeral services. For a number of years Mr. Howell owned and condultetl a newspaper, known as The Dorchester Democrat, was postmaster at St. George for many years and was prominent in THl'KSPA Vj FKlHtUAin 5TH, t Carolina polities, having served eight years as county superintendent of education of Dorchester County, B. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.60 Six Mouths Three Months (Strictly in Advance.) Always Ready to Compromise .60 “|*av Pav Has Come. State Senator John F. Williams, of and always took a prominent part in the educational *vork of his county. \iken. delivered a straight-from-the-. . ^ ... , . ed the service of the Confederacy oe- shoulder talk to his colleagues several I . . .... . days ago, his theme being “Pay Day Has Come in South Carolina.” . We. . 1 * , . . ! reconstruction days of lS/(* regret that space does not permit pu‘>- lishing the Aiken Senator’s remarks) When hut ir lad of fourteen, he enter- f the Confederacy be ing a meml*er of tht* farmers “Red Shirt” brigade, during the in full, as they contained food for thought and certainly should be a warning to those in the General As sembly who seem to think that the State can continue indefinitely its wild orgy of spend| thrift extrava- gance. The South Carolina Gazette, Walter K. Duncan’s new State weekly, jioint- <•(1 out a short'time ago that to pro vide even the $‘J,700,000 and odd dol lars as recommended by Gov. Mc Leod and the Budget Commission for the support of the State government this year, a levy or 10Vi miills.would lie necessary, as against six mills last •year and this must be assessed against property, unless new and additional sources of revenue are found.It . is true that the present Governor ran on a platform of high taxes, but ho need not think for a moment that tin* people of South Carolina expect ed him to “gn r hog-wild.” if we may- lie permitted to um* a homely expres sion. We have heard people talk about high taxes for In, these many years, 'but never before in our recollection stirring He had the distinction of being the youngest soldier in the service from that sec tion of the State if not the youngest in the whole Confederacy. Besides a large circle of friends the deceased leaves one brother, E. S Howell, of Heflin, Ala., and one sis ter, Mrs.. Elizabeth Morrison, of Marysville, Wash., and the following •children: Mrs. 1). G. Robertson of Augusta; Mrs. K. F. Woodward, of Barnwell; Mrs. It. L. Klaubor of St. George; J. E. HoWell of Florence; \’. iW. Howell of Augusta, Ga., and J no. A. Howell'of St. George. has the complaint been so persistent and earnest. While nobody pays any attention to the wild talk of “rebel lion." it is very true that the people aiv aroused as they have not been for many, many years. They have been forced, bv “hard times,” to! Hu Joseph Koger Chapter Meets at Blackville Blackville, Feb. 1. —The January meeting of the Joseph Koger chapter was held at the residence of Mrs. M. M. Still with a good attendance. Af ter the usual preliminaries the re ports of the officers were heard and especially that of the treasurer was encouraging as. it seems that no mat ter how muc h is paid Out the chapter always has a pretty good balance in the bank. .loseph Koger regrets to lose one « _ Daughter to a Savannah c hapter, Mrs. W. H. Hines, who was a valued and en thusiastic- member. Mrs. R. B. Still reported that the medal indorsed liy the national socie y and secured for local y ditto I. WnfHftr-v-xhihition at prac tice rigid economy in the adminis tration of their own affairs and they cannot see why their public- officials cannot do the same thing in public- affairs. v v It was a certain French Queen, we believe, who taxed her subjects be yond the point of endurance.' V\ hen at last their angry mlitterings reach ed her ears, she inquired as to the 1 reason, t pon being told that- they had no bread, she unfeelingly inquir ed. “Why. then, don’t they eat cake?" It was not -o very long after that before she was , dethroned. FortU aleTy Tor the people of this Sfate, they don’t have to “dethrone then officials by force. An effeyfive means is provide,d throiiedi the medium of tlie ballot. Let; them; then, take Iced. Let them uiidcu-^Kiiid that the people expect a KtatnC'IION in taxes this Near, not/bn IN( ItEASF greatly ad- tbc‘ drug store and was mired by all. Mrs. S. H. Still .-poke of the possK bility of securing a boulder for the marking of the Slaughterficlrf battle ground at much lower fig^HV than we had hoped. Delegates to attend tbc 1 natbmal congress was elc-gted: Mrs. J. V. Mat thews as regpm’s alternate and Mes’- dames T. P^Bola'id. II. D. St Ml. R. It Still, .L^M. ilalfold, F«. II. W ( issi'iger, S. IK'StiH. Gharl -s Fickling. S. R. (>nnpton, It. F. StoiMie and Koeer Still. Plans wc'lenna b' for the February meeting to W hel’l atj the residence of . 1 Mrs. .1. V. Matthews, 'riii.-. i- to be a moittiiitr .1..hi-.it mo- ; W.. bit til- social meet jug echbrating the day of George Wa hington. V\ onderful Device. The editor of an exchatfge say* two radio .fail's in bis sec tion ‘ devices whcieby they canchatig tc-iina c-oi’iiections v.hen static i: iiTVct TuT TTm radio out." we .would! ’' millions, a - soon make : t hat 'a vc nn- bad iraUe I'ca’uio TiT had sta-h. ;i -devic e •mioc h we envy Rockefeller his ur bank account would cat of tins world’s richest The ehapter dec idc'd that when invi tations arc*' issued to those eligible the corresponding' secretary shoiiy ptress the fact that tln'\ have 1 only a limited time in which’ to accept ami ! get their papers're ady for admi!taiici‘ to tlu 1 chapter. This is why or.ly those i known to he eligible are invitf*’!. Three | new prospe-et ive rnembers were* voted | >oi ami as '-oon -as . these, present their ! papers and they are accepted by the ’onion 'I '..iiOy i'-.-y will l>. By MARTHA WILLIAMS ,(4l. lul'i, McClure S> Romantic muthers are among tlia- things helpless infants slionlcl pray to be delivered from. Witness Golden Summer—whose* mother telt that there was rare discrimination us well us poetry in Uie name of her baby girl. Naturally, when the girl grew into a tall, olive .skinned, bbu k- biowed young woman, with cloudy gcuy eyes and dark lushes, the name udded something of acidity to a tem per none too placid. “Sueli outrages should he made criminal," Golden would scold. “Then folks would think twice before pla guing their young. Summer is had enough, any way you look at it—-but you couldn’t help what you were horn to.” “I’m sure I think you have a love ly name,” Mamma Summer always said placidly, smiling at papa. They dldUtT; tell their outraged child her name's real reason ofsbeing—the golden sum mer they lupl spent falling In love, getting married, and setting up a small pretty home. Maybe if they had told her—but speculation is Idle. In truth they were a bit-sorry for the miscar riage of their so-beautiful thought, hut really it was nothing serious—when (b»!dio was transformed 'into Mrs. James Bin-ton, In the bliss of her new name she would forget the vexation of, t he- obi. Sure* to happen? Of course. Hadn’t James been her sweetheart from slu»rt frocks upward? A tine satisfying sweetheart, lo the parental eye and mind, well-born, well heed, distin guished looking If ugly, and heir to the finest farm In all Brush Creek neighborhood. Moreover an orphan. A crowning mercy, this. No bothering elders to curb vagrant fancies—noth ing in the worlR for a bride to do hut t<* walk In, look about, and say jmli- riaHy: “H-in! James, this is all very nice—-but I am so fond of sunshine, and red and yellow, and purple, I think vou’ll have to let me brighten ■*» ' filings a bit.” Mamma Slimmer h often in anticipation exactly Ud* In flexion Golden would give her words. James would of course be wax in her. hands he had been Tor all of teii years, so the future was secure. „ trainers say a <s>lt that is nrlsed a pet is apt to prove a hand ful When IT eoinek to actual breaking. I’nniiligtify with human kind has bred contempt, wnmethlng kindly, also some- thftrg tolerant, in-the canny breast". It ''will do all tilings gsked so long as the asking seems play -hut to work, actual and serious. It shows obstinate resist ance. Possibly men bate itiiidh of likeness to colts. Certainly Golden's .Tallies turned rusty in the most unexpected anti Impossible fashion. Within six weeks of the wedding day at that and,all because bis bride-to-be declared round ly she Wouldn’t go to Ills home Unless, and tin'll, he took down the marble mantel, the pride of his mother's heart, and put insiead of It the simple hewn beam* demanded by tbe big sfone ti're- jdnee uf pioneer days. Maybe spo btuked thi'L James had been bred to veneration of (be mantel, snot,-rpnly as a work of art. but a^ tbe crowning bargain of a thrifty career. His fatlier had bought It at auction in the capital, city. Ils owner, a bank rupt builder, bad been glad to get; ten dollars, ami tbe taking away, for it. Father Barton had brought it home in state, sending to town, for It, when tbe railwity delhered It there, the big ti\e horse wagon wherein bis great grandfather had fetched bis bouse plunder across (he Alleghenies. Tile successive preachers hail been some what shocked by the dancing nymph But somehow he couldn’t yet see any of them in Gulden s place. Antelirf Johnson knew he needed help for' that, go get about providing tirst aid to the deserted. Better look ing Hialn Golden, but no^bUig like mo good a cook, she hail the courage of her aspirations. In the atrength of It site went boldly to James asking gifts. Ills fruit was wonderful that season— unaccountably the Johnsons iuust"de- pend on their neighbors. Amelia didn't say it outright, hut custom or dained that, given the fruit, she should divide product liberally with the giver^ James hail a sweet tooth—upril now he had been satisfied V vitli Aunt Jinny’s provision for It—but the vision of Golden's preserves, Jams. Jellies, and so on, made the Jinny brand unappeal ing. So he amended the motion. Amelia +rn<I''better . come and do up fruit for both of them at Ids place— everything ready there—old Jinny would love to wait on her—and so on, and so on. Hence It came to pass that Amelia, In ward of her Aunt Susan, toiled valiantly through August days and on into September. In result there was a grand array of jars' crocks and bottles—but oddly, James took scant interest In them. Fie admired per functorily, but took pains to keep as much as possible out of sight. Not withstanding, he began thinking Amelia might do—she was tidy, neat of figure, and always smiling. That was against her—downright Golden had left her mark In his consciousness 4 —It inatlc oversweetness cloying. Amelia might have won out hut for- a providential Hurry of rain. It brought a carload of her mates to the house seeking shelter. They Wanted to set* the cause of war. Of course she took them to view it. Standing hunched In front of it, light streaming In from hared windows, she said to them: “Golden is a big fool—she ought to have waited till she,wa^ mistress here. I'm going to. have/fiiat thing out before Christmas, niuRJnmes will think he did it all him<elf.’’• A door, shutting sojffy, made her start, and look iiytfr her shoulder. was In sight. But that night a^gJggling black hoy deliv ered to MXs Golden Summer a note fairly writ«**n which ran; “Honey, I tloili think the mantel will make a oper tombstone, but ii se*^is to me If would tit tine over tbe door of tbe new spring house I aim to build for you this winter. Send me word, please. If I may come and talk It over with you. As ever, your own Janies.’* Golden read It. glggjing, hut with misting eyes. She scrawled hastily mi the hack of the precious note: “Run right along over, James, dear-— you know T’m always ready to com promise—and yours is line -says: . “Your Wicked Golden." VAMP THEATRE TUESDAY, FEB. One Night Only by the chapter. Mrs. R. 11. StilLn ad a paper on Mrs. Isabelle Simms. - - man Ion!, lb w thir' v rer.t - \y< • knew Lmrii weu th;it it i> t. I'eniui the ii t>*r- ; in Fa feicniv rur - >1 by st :it !' 1 . I luit in >! n in g * J., <n tin i ■ • n m ? j < v - V’.'a' -. are i :•>•.! t ly .Marlltorn ; VVeaki'iiei With ! !v j \( r pt inn nl tiu* ! hn!,| the lead , . - ;>vo ■. . ”, ‘T ~T ~f i-!'!■'»'ij ' te a i h*vi i n-ver all ot-he no!mm|\' i 1 >t* -11> hav f. 1m ii. able .'a I'j^rtlmg —Ue. The sound hoard of a piano, al though it is actually a thin sheet of fir wood, Is a wonder nof fully under stood in its efleets. Most people know that every note has a complete and very elaborate set of vibrations which give it iis pitch and character, and all these separate sets are reproduced in the t sound hoard quite Independently. E'en in comparatively simple music there are frequently thousands of vi brations going on in that piece of thin briitle wood, whicli we can'hear hut cannot see; and with all the crossing and reerossjng of ili»> vibration lines i which inns! lake place there is never anv contusion, and it is possible to 'se lect any group of vibrations as the one to vviiii h we can pay the most at tention. Perhaps even still more won derful |s the fa*t that the piano maker can make the hoard susceptible to dif ferent kinds of vibration without knowing how he does it. .* •, AND ALL-STAR CAST. A TOP.NADO OF LAUGHS, MUSIC, SONG, DANCE AND PRETTY G'F.LS, DIRECT FROM A 4 MONTHS’ RUN AT THE COLUMBIA THEA TRE, COLUMBIA. , PRICES: $1.50, $1.00, 75c and 50c. SEATS ON SALE AT THE J. and J. MARKET. V v ’ In l!.c ..nt..r pH net, hut novcui. n |u-iw lid P'llon continue to ;h-. ci'jmi values pci; farm i eauntie to suc-e feature . u. y ’ . a ••hi on' Uiuh Ti > r N' 'lit h t Riding To a Fall. *- tIC.iVH 1 < 'utility^ comes fourth. . . ■vj’ M 's-fbi i ri i' "fr-mh t:on valued at S ip the •i al crop >! mn. ,\! St ate, statis- endale am . I >:inivve ' A (', VV*^ redlU tio:i asscmblv. along tin t),c Tl/' r ! r-W looking f'.>i iiaiuL of tic • ha -hut any.' tax general vrith^n crtii) inanliie-I .. i '•21 |u r f;u m, with I I'ibon crops a close s/a -nd vv-ith | Met Yu mi ok is Iasi with only i !>eeii lots oT tali, iwlias not come U12. $.">21 worth of crops prodiuaa! -per farm ue»«lfi2M. Tht* average for the from people who know what they.aiv 1 entii'P State was -^1.1 <’>.». Thus .it Will talking iibout. Tin* prevailing lemlen- seen that A'll unlale t’ounty with ey of the legislatun* today is in. the t ' , '°l ,s valued at $1,780 per farm, and 1 direction of speiidine the earninirs. of Ikirnvvpn .with $1;.02 were well above the people. That 'entiment that si’Ves! average. and conserves is week, very weak, and Spartanburg, with her_ci'op produc- theie seems to be no other way for tion. valued at $12,“>28.s,;{, led in it than that the wild orgie shall go total values. Orangeburg ranked on arid on until there is nothing left "second with $10,5fif),280. Jasper was to spend. Of course there are those ^ist with $1,011,473. I he total pro- who know that there is to he a day! 'iuetion of the State .was valued atj of reckoning. Sooner or later'the fiTfri' !; - > -^> ,> ^>Ji•’* (Her must Ik* paid in governniental ex- travagenee. But the time and man ner of the inevitable reckoning ap pears to be too vague and far away to have much influence on the present. So those who would avoid disappoint ment will hold down their expecta- 'tiunfc- -Yorkville Enquirer. IF YOU HAVE Ml Malaria,Pile*.SickHeadache,Cottiva i Bowels, Dumb Ague, Sour Stomacb, ■ad Belching; your food doe* not •••imitate, you have bo appetite, vJiiU’s Pills^ will reeted/ tke*e trouble* tesf fr«>m ,:iny in>>uth until Golden, viewing the masrerpleee erlth'ally. •gave her decision. Which was: ‘'.Limes, I simply can't live with that - It's-so like m tombstone. Can't you f have If changeif into* a monument to ! your family? Set it up as sn|*t of gate with a rock wall hebiml it. and a j ♦ablet up above, saying things about them.’* It speaks vohyms for. James’ self- control that Ids answer was a simple: “\c>. 1 can't! No. I won't !*’ To wbii h <h>hh‘Ti saiil, reekpw-dv: ‘Tve said I can't 1 add I won't. So that's that ami here’s your ring. Mr. -R-arton.’' Kart hiplake! That 'would ha v e 4>eeH 'nothing beside the uproar that followed. The older, picker, more in fluential folk were all against Golden. Yet she bad her following. In tb<y society that had syeretly laughed at the mantel . it certainly did look funny j In that homespun room, even after the Barton's bought a (lowered Brussels •to replace the soft rag carpet "hallowed by veers of seclu>ion, and tin* feet of exclusive company. James held his peace. Whatever i he may have f*dt was not til he food fop gossip. He. went about his work diligently, even blithely.'in the sun-' ahine hut at dusk, supper dom*. it was-Hard to sit smoking, and not dream of Gulden. He hadn't haunted her—weekly visits, besides Suwtays • togeilier at rlpurelt and rare nelghhorhi*od gather ings, had snfiieed. It took a fortnight to realize fully she had meant what she said. Of course, he couldn’t gTve In to her—also, of course, he would get ov^r It. Other girls were plenty, and some of them fair to see, - fine housewives, good tempered, and un- UkeQ to coin* to him empty-handed Rare Motorist i A ^Melbourne citizen w.i-. run down by a imtor car the other day while | perambulating homeward- on a'“push- bike.” The ear was on ii< wrong side, and the “bike” was broken across; iis rider bad a brace of ribs fractured (Itld .a il.mia-uai oc' ipnt, cuiniimeil with cuts on the I'uee and many a bra sions. 'J'lie tout for a tiriu of shypoo. solici tors called upon the injured man and tried to. persuade him t<> take action iigaiii'l the car owner for substantial damages. “oh, I couldn’t do that,” said the hurt eltfxen. “But you can,” peiisted tin* tout) “ami you would he absolutely sure Jo recover.” “Np. I qaniiot,” |hirsueil ihe vii tim. “Ypu do not know ilu* whole - eir«*umstanee.s. The driver ,ha* apologized."—SyTfuey (Australia). Bullqt in Early Polo Games It L a long vista back to tlie hls- tt>ri>- day when, iif 1x71. t w4»'cavalry teams played the ( first polo game on English -oil vvitli a billiard hull and -hockey slicks; to Prospect jiafk, Bmokl v jy w lieh^the. elder Bennett and Foxhall Keene staged tin* tirst game ofi American s "h in IxT'i. Yet these two events have made pidn truly in ternational. Tlie ladies uf these early players of tlu* eighties have been pro- foumllv modified until the game h:is now beeonx*, a seieni e, in which the pony liqs gradually eomc to share the honors with his rider. LONC TERM MONEY TO LEND Farm Loans 6 per cent., large amounts. Town:pxqp- erty in Barnwell, residential and business, 7 per cent. ^ k ** Loans procut’eti promptly ttt lowest cost. AJU'iulale, Bamberg ami Barnwell Comities. THOMAS M. BOULWARE Attornev-at-law - Barhwell, S. C. roi ! LONG TERM MONEY to LEND I 4* ’ Y Y X () per cent, inferest on large amounts, Private funds for small loans. V •> I J j. V LAWYERS BROWN & HCSIi i * BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. > ■ T Monuments to Apples Monuments or markers have been erected lu a few of the most noted varieties of apple. ' In ISIF* a monu ment was built to the' Baldwin at Wilmington, near Lowell, Mass.. The first In New York was erected In the town of Camlllui, Onondaga county, on the original site of the primate ap ple trees of John T. Roberts of Syra cuse, In There followed one to the Northern Spy in 11H2, and the McIntosh Red iri the same year. A monument to the Wealthy was erect M4 at tfrcelalor, Mina., in 1B12. Severe Pains in Side HAD had quite a bad J spell and sickness,” writes Mrs. Emma Patrick, of Cattfy, Ky., “and it was an effort for me to go about my home. I had a very severe pain in my left side that almost took my breath at times. I lost my appetite. I grew thin, pale and 'lifeless. I fell off till I only weighed about 115 pounds. - v “Cardui was recom mended to me and by the time I had taken one bot tle I saw it was what I needed. I ate more and rested better. I kept tak ing it and my skin and flesh took on a more * healthy color. I felt stronger and, as the nerv ousness left me, the pain in my side was less severe. After taking nine bottles, I eat anything, go any where and feel fine. I weigh Ifl#pounds and am well. I wel that I owe it all to having used Cardui.” k Pain, yLeertain parts of the bodj3Pk> a sure indica tion of female compli cations. The treatment needed is not the use of narcotic drugs, but— CARDUI The Woman’s Tonic s- ■> - \X l 1 Wt. - • I , . - - -- -- »— . -