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THURSDAY, MARCH 25CH, 1926. THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE THRHL EUeDton News. resident Coolidge’s Father Passed Away on Thursday Col. John C. Coolidge, aged 80 years, father ' of President Calvin Cooiidge, died Thursday of last week at his home in Plymouth, Vt. The President w^s speeding on a special train to his father’s bedside at the time of the latter’s death. Col. Cool- Hr,* ’• body was laid to rest Saturday. A Unique Life. History reserves a separate niche for John Calvin Aoolidge, for to him came the thrill .experienced as yet by i dent of the United States—engaged in such hopiely sasks as sawing wood and hanging out the family wash. The story of John Coolidge is the plain story of a plain, inconspicuous man. Most of. his life he was an ob scure figure, and fame did not claim him until he was 78—by which time, it is conceivable, he was too “sot” in his ways to alter his mode of living. He was born as Plymouth. Vt., no other man, of inaugurating his I March 31. 1845, the son of Calvin own sop pi.wMfnt of-_ thn T’witwd I Bruer Coolidge. He wen? to the pub lic schools of Plymouth and later at tended the Black River Academv at States, By the light of a little oil lamp he atood. this quiet, gaunt man of Ver mont. and administered the oath that j Ludlow. 12 miles from his home. He Ellenton, March 20.—-Mrs. Ida Bush has her daughter, Miss Mayme Bush, spending the week-end at hon>p. - 1 . , The Rev. R. H- McKinnon was in Columbia during the past week at tending a meeting of the State Bap tist ‘executive committee as repre sentative from Savannah River asso- * - f \ elation. ' — 7 »- 4 ■ The following teachers from the Ellenton graded school attended the State teachers meeting in Columbia last week: Misses Gladys Owens, Olivia Rook, Blanche Gantt and Prof. Lawrence Peeples. „ - The 1 oc^schj>ol Jbaaid._gavfi-Thprs day and Friday as holidays in order that the teachers might attend the convention in Columbia. H. A. Brown, manager of the Standard Oil Company here, attend ed a meeting and banquet given by the State manager, M. R. Able, in Orangeburg, last Thursday. The three B. Y, P. U.’s of the Bap tist »church under the leadership of J. B. Bagnal, Mrs. Charlie Turner and Rev! Rj H. McKinnon, have just completed their classes in-- -s^udy* courses, the seniors 'having taken “Training for Church Membership.” The monthly meeting of the Im provement club was held Wednesday afternoon at the school auditorium and an increased interest is being shown in. the work by the splendid attendance. Mrs. Arthur Foreman, the president, presided and an inter esting program on “Health” was given. Talks of various phases of health were made by Mesdames Char lie Youngblood, C. J. Thorne, El more Asheley and - Arthur Cassels. Mrs. Charlie Turner had charge of the program. Various garments made by the school girls in sewing and bird houses made by the boys were on display. Prizes of one dollar each were given to Miss Kpric Mae in the political world, first as mayor of Northampton, then as governor of Massachusetts/ Jo^n^Coolkjge was present when Calvin" was. inabwirated governor- of Massachusetts in 1916. This office was the turning point in the son’s career, for the Boston police^'Ctrike made him a national years ahe.ail of tho- •i made his hoy, Calvin, the nation’s .‘Xfth chief executive. That was on August 3, 1923, and the time was 2:30 in the morning. . - - . — Immeiliately he flashed into nation al prominence. Word went out of Plymouth that Colonel Coolidge, a justice of the peace, had administered the presidential oath on the Coolidge family Bible by the dim rays of a kerosene lamp—and his was the greatest glory a father ever knew. Perhaps within him he did feel a great surge of pride that his son should achieve such honor and that he. should be the simple instrument of legalizing it, but the world knew no evidence of it. What great feel ing passed between those two men as (hey stood together in the small hours that New England morning will ever be known, for father and son alike placed a great value on silence. .Hung Out Family Wash. , It was charcteristic of John Cool idge—and revealing of his plain and unassuming ways—that is the cere mony gripped the imagination of the public, it did not grip his own. For the world often looked in upon him in his simple Vermont farm house and found him—the father of # the presi- latcr became a trustee of this Acade my and sent Calvin there. On becoming 21 he went into the , mercantile business, wit^. which was connected the Plymouth post office. He was assistant postmaster for 49 years. On May 6, 1868, he married Victoria Josephine Moor, of Ply mouth. Calvin was born July 4. 1872, and three years later Abigail Grace was born, but she died at the age of 15. John Coolidge’s wife died in 1885. Six years later he married Carrie A. Brown, who died in 1920 without issue. In Politics Himself. t 4 During his life as a farmer, foljow- ing the death of his father in 1878, he was active in local and State affairs and held- many political posts the most important of which was that of state senator. The title “colonel” dates back to 1900, when he began a two- year service on the'staff of Governor William W. Stickney of Vermont. The boy Calvin learned the rigors of the farm life. He was a frail lad and was foried to withdraw from Am herst college for awhile, but returned later and was graduated there in 1895. The elder Coolidge saw his son rise vention of 1920. men were talking of him a« “presidential timber.” But Warren Harding was not to be denied. A landslide ensued, and ihe next night Wallace MacCamant of Oregon placed Calvin Coolidge in nomination for the vice presidency. Nicholson and Randolph Mattox it the most efficient work In industrial t; . - lines. __ Mrs. Pete Johnson and Mrs. Em mett Johnson "have‘^as their guests for a few weeks Mr. and Mrs. Thomas of Alabama. Mr. Thorne^ is connect ed with the Leigh Banana Crate com pany af -which Pet£ Johnson is local raan&gef'A. Jbr Economical Trantpartation Py Arthur Brisbane ONLY WORK COUNTS. IT ALL COMES BACK. CONSPICUOUS GOOD NEWS. EAT SOUP. MINERAL SALTS. Bishop Manning, head of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New York, denouncing divorce m higii^ociety, says it means “prac tical polygamy.” In one year there wore only 57 divorces in Canada, .'gainst 112,036 in the United States. Some questions: How does . the Bishop expect high society to amuse itself if it can’t get an occasional divorce? Would the average of high social morality .be any better if men and women, disliking each other, were compelled to remain married ? Is not man naturally a polyg amous animal, reverting to polyg amy when economic pressure is removed, as in high society? Carefully check the quality and equipment offered in the Improved Chevrolet Coach! Check it against any five- passenger closed car in the world I Know what its new low price really means 1 Where else can you get for $645 a five-passenger dosed car with balloon tires, speedometer, fine Fisher body, Duco finish, one-piece W windshield, Alemite lubrication and other essentials to modern motoring? Come in—note these many quality features—get a demon stration-experience the car’s amazing performance— and then you will realize how much more It give* for $645 than any other five-passenger dosed car on the market today. ' Ask /or a Demonstrationf WTonTrwh. *395 (Chassis Only) 1 Ton Track . 550 (Chassis Only) Touring - . *510 Cosch - . *645 Roadster • 510 Sedan . * 735 Coupe • . 645 Landau • . 765 • f- k. Flinl, Michigan Government tax reduction on automobiles officially in effect on March 29th is allowed NOW on all purchases of Chevrolet cars. Causey-Youmans Chevrolet Co. BARNWELL, 8. C. QUALITY AT LOW COST Reuben Hoffman, aged twenty- eig»t,-4ibot himself to death, leav ing word that he chose--to die because he was a failure. He mentioned also the fact that he had “never worked much, for fear of making a slave of himself.” If he had been a little more ot a slave, he might have been less of a failure. * Men need to realize that work is the only thing worth while. on police'^strike Richard Fadgett, scientist, figure, and shows an instrument that talks. ■Rcpublicmi mrr^ ~L ^ays “Hello, London, are you SHERIFF'S SALE. IT IS JUST GOOD Business Sense *+ . , * * To protect your family with a Life Insurance Policy. I ha‘/e pleflty of facts and figures to prove this point and will he glad to go into this subject with you in de tail at your convenience. r ^ • NORMAN B. GAMBLE .. . , / • * ’ .0 Barnwell, S. C. IS 4- HALL & COLE, Inc. 94*102 Faneuil Hall Market BOSTON, MASS. Commiision Merchants and Distributors of ASPARAGUS One of the Oldest Commission Houses in the Trade. Send for Shipping Stamp. State of South Carolina. County of Barnwell. * THE STATE vs. MOLLY HARLEY Under and by virtue of a Tax Exe cution to me-directed by*J. B. Arm strong, Treasurer of Barnwell Coun ty, I have this day levied upon and will sell to the highest bidder for cash, between the legal hours of sale in front of the Court House’at Barn well, S. C., on Monday, the 5th day of April, 1926, this being Salesday in tb>se?” and “Lila. I love you. Science lets us talk across the continent or, lying in bed, hear the PiVJ'dent nlaki!!<. , • his speech in Washington. Now appears a ma chine that, may save oaHie trouble of talking^ Man s easiest work is done by pushing a button, which button starts the steam shovel or steam ship. Zangwill wrote long ago, “The Napoleon of the future will be an epileptic chess player, carne< about the field of battle on an air cushion.” Let’s hope that will never come, but inventors are doing what they can to bring it about. -• L Con is going to the dogSu” Later, said month, the following* described conservative capital will find ail real estate: y_' " - f * Eighty acres of land and two build ings jn Hercules School District, bounded as follows: North'by Estate of W. M. Croft, East by Hercules Creek, South by public road, and West by L. B. Creech. Levied upon and sold to satisfy the above Execution and 'Costs. BONCIL H. tiVCHES, Sheriff, B. C. Barnwell, S. C., 11th day of March, 1926. One Hundred Thousand New York building trades workers will get what they ask, $1 to $2 a day increase. This will ad<T $76,000,- 000’ a year to the $525,000,000 al ready paid those wage-earners. Conservative capital will weep for a little while, saying, “The Let Us Fill Your Tank with And Prove to You the Superiority of This Wonderful Gat. , • Barnwell Filling Station SHERIFF’S SALE. the money coming „ back to ita coffers. Masons, plasterers, bricklayers, carpenters, spend what they get. Some day big men will learn that all the money they can ever get, is money spent by little men. Bad news is conspicuous, good news not. For instance, the navy perfects a torch used under water, despite the intense pressure of great depths. It’s an interesting torch, with three sheaves meeting at a point. From the three sheaves acetylene gas, hydrogen gas and compressed air burst forth. An air bubble pretects the fire under pressure, and the torch, developing under water a temperature of 5,000 de grees, will bum holes In the steel sides of sunken submarines and other ships, making it possible to pump in air and raise them to the surface. _ WWVVXVWWVNVS i State of South Carolina, County of Barnwell. ^~ “ THE STATE vs. J. W. WALKER Under and by virtue of a Tax Exe- . , Fischer, having lived on ,• . , , T t, . 1 fruit juicse and vegetable extracts cution to me d,rooted by J. B. Arm- ftr 4 rty . two d ,*,, bre.br. her “fast” and takes milk. The diet, is not a fast, has done her good, improving her complexion. Strong, Treasurer ef Barnwell Coun ty, I have this day levied upon and will sell to the highest bidder for cash, between the legal hours of sale in front of the Court House st Barn well, S. C., on Monday, the 5th day of April, 1926. this being Salesday in said month, the following described real estate: Two lots and one building in town of Barnwell, bounded as follows: North by Johnson Black, East by Es tate of Mike Brown. South by Ha- good Avenue, and West by U A. Plexico. Levied upon and sold to satisfy the above Execution and Cpsts. BONCIL H. DYCHES, ‘ Sheriff, B. C. Barnwell, S. C., 11th day of March, 1926. preserving her strength. From vegetables boiled to a liquid, she got the mineral salts absolutely essential to health Give one rat nothing but water, give another rat water and unlim ited quantities of food from which all mineral salts have been ex tracted; the rat eating food will die before 'the rat taking only water. Food without mineral salts is food without nourishment > That is why good soup thi t in cludes boiled vegetables is so •Im portant The best pert of vege tables is bofled out in many house holds and thrown sway. In. soup it is preaerveu V, MOTHER :-Flct- cher’s Castoria is es pecially prepared to relieve Infants in arms and Children * all ages of Constipa tion, Flafuleney, Wind Colic and Diarrhea; allaying Fcverishnesff arisirig therefrom, and, by regulating the Stomach and Bowels* aids the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep. To avoid imitations, always look for the Absolutely Harmless - No Opiates. of Advertise ia The People Sentinel. ■... - -/■ _•* . ar r* GET THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR YOUR COTTON. CHAS. G. HOUSTON COTTON FACTOR. — AUGUSTA. GA. I will be glad for you to send me actual samples of any cot ton you have and’to submit you an offer f. o. b. your station. TWu will be done without the slightest obligation on yefar part. I will also be glad to keep your samples on my tables, so that when you want an offer, all you will have to do is to ’phone me at my expense. In handling your cotton in this manner, you do not mere ly accept the highest bid of your local buyers but know that the agents of the biggest cotton buyers and mills in this country have made an offer' on your cotton. — LET ME GET RESULTS FOR