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Several aristocratic mammas of
‘Wentworth-by-the-Sea, N. H., ob
jected to the rough way the good
looking swimming instructor han-
<iled their daughters during their
lessons: The “male” instructor
turned out to be the famous
Ailean Riggin with j boyish bob.
Killed by Truck.
Edgefield.—D. A. Hazel, Sr., was
Instantly killed on the morning of
December 21st when he lost con
trol df the track he was driving. The
machine left the raod and ran into a
field, throwing Mr. Hazel out. His
neck was broken. His son escaped
serious injury. The dead man, who
was 60’years of age, is survived by
Us wife and several children.
8whes for Hear in Icy Water.
New York, Dec. 2'/,—With the
water’s temperature 26 degrees above
aero, five men went swimming for an
hour in the East river yesterday with
the announced purpose of proving that
a red-blooded man with plenty of
||aerve and stamina and grease can
aafely swim ia ky water.
The men, all members of ^ United
States 'life saving corps, made the
experiment to disprove a statement
by a statistician that a large portion
of dnnpmtngs are due to winter sub-
. Too many people let their minds
4«airate them while swimming in
•cold water. Captain Robert 0. Whit-
tea, who headed the group said. He
continued: “When they fall in the
water they thirk they are going to
have pneumonia. What they ought to
do {s submerge their minds ”
MRS.
BILGER’S
VICTORY
By E. JONES and a TURNER
Know Your Cook Book,
GirU, Advice of Diva
MaxwHt. prims donna with
the Chicago Civic tod Ravtnla opera
wim enjoys the
ellotlnctlon of be
ing among the
•ret American
glrte to be recog-
sifned la grand
opera clrcl ee.
taboo particular
gride in her cul
inary skill Cook
ing. In her eetl-
le a fine
which la. tup
le by Short Story Pub. Co.)
Me lawyer for lire. Bllger! When
ebe baa a claim against the rail
road for personal Injuries to her ;
eow. she aoee the collecting her- :
self; and bar method of procedure
doesn't conform to any rules of .
practice In or out of tbo law books
T HE railroad had killed her muley
cqw, and the railroad had got
to' pay for U—so said^ Mrs.
Bllger.'
This muley cow would probably not.
have taken a prize on fancy points at
a cattle show; still she was a patient.
Industrious animal, and a good pro
vider. But at last, unfortunately, the
extreme scarcity of provisions drove
her to night work, and she wandered
onto the railroad track and uninten
tionally ran against a freight train In
the dark. In the morning Mrs Bllger
discovered little more than a fine line
of Hamburg steak stretching towards
the western horizon. It was a'particu
larly bard blow to ber, because she was
on the eve of accepting a flattering
offer of thirteen dollara for the animal.
There was no doubt In Mrsc Bllger’a
mind from tha firat that the railroad
would bave to settle, for her cow. So
■he informed the station agent the
very day following the accident, and
after protracted negotlatlo^Lthe latter
agreed to forward a deraaiffVor settle
ment to headquarters. Mrs Bllger
didn’t see' why be couldn’t -settle for
her martyred cow bn the spot, but alia
was willing to make reasonable con
cession!. Her Anal price was twenty.
three dollara.
So, after a while, the station agent
forwarded ber demand to the division
superintendent, and after a while the
division superintendent forwarded It to
the division claim agent, and after a
while the dlvialoo Halm agent decided
he would send out a man to look np the
case.
It took about three weeks In all for
the railroad officials to get around to
Mrs. Bllger’s case, and Mrs. Bllger, de
prived of her chief means of sus
tenance, was becoming somewhat dan
gerous.
Finally she decided to give the nltl-
matum.
“Here, you," she said, when the sec
tion bands came up one noon for their
dally supply. “Ton don’t get no wmter
out of my spring HU you pay for my
muley cow you killed.’'
“What muley cowl We ain't killed
no iiuley row," said th# astonished
section hands; but It was no use to
talk to Mrs. Bllger.
The hoes, a fat man, who had some
what of a determined character him
self. was severely sarcastic on their
return.
"‘Olinme that pall. I'll show you how
to get the water." He waddled off
i with the pall In a trulj ferwcKHis man-
Margery Maxwell.
the big reasotia for this condition
ronag men don't ex
pect the girls they marry to know
■each about cooking,” said Miss Max-
' .
“In the future, before man pops the
question, he's going to find out wheth
er the girl knows what calories are
und whether she's wise to the elements
•f n balanced diet.
**A few questions before the minis-
■ter asks. ‘Do you take this woman?’
would save a thousand recriminations
•Inter.**
There are certain dishes to which
Miss Maxwell Is partial. As she ex
plains them, they are readily pro-
pared. Miss Maxwell uses for
Maryland Chicken.
Two S% lb.
ohlcksns
<( broilers)
mat
•f»»pp«r
1 cup evaporated
milk diluted
•with •
&
l cup water
1 eggs
Fine bread crumb#
Fat
1-t cup butter
1 tap. salt
Dash pepper
t tbep. flour
Drees, clean and cat np chickens.'
Sprinkle with salt and pepper, dip In
«nuabs, egg. and crumbs. Place In a
well-oiled dripping ‘pan, and bake
twertty minutes In a 400-degree F.
oven, then reduce the temperataure to
8B0 degreed F. and cook until tender,
about twenty minutes longer. Baste
‘wvery ten minutes during cooking with
% cup melted butter. Remove to plat*
Tnr and pour around a cream aaued
of fat In dripping pan, the flour,
tUk, salt and pepper.
AMMragua an Fri. ’
M cap wator
I tbsp. huttsr
1 thap. dour
1 tap. salt .
srated Psppsr
V % eup grated
Mrs. Bllger was In the house at the
time The section boss walked tri
umphantly up to the spring and
stooped down te take up the wnter In
his pull. Just as he was about to ac
complish his purpose he auddenly
toppled over bead foremost Into the
spring with the graceful, tiding motion
of s mud turtle falling off a log. Mrs,
Bllger had waylaid him with her
broom.
When he fiaaMy did get out. splat
tering suit swsarlng. he found himself
looking Into the inutile of a double-
barreled shotgun like a pair of opera
glasaes. He fled precipitately without
his water bucket.
Mrs. Bllger threw the backet scorn
fully after film. “I won’t take leas’n
thirty dollars now, cash down,” was all
she said.
After that It was vain for s railroad
man to attempt to use that spring. Shs
watched It most of her spare time her
self, and when she didn't she had her
boy out. Whenever a railroad man
came In sight the child's little piping
voice sounded the guard mount, and
his mother came on duty with ber gun.
A great many railroad men who had
thought they wanted a drink before
they saw her, found that they were
mistaken and turned away.
By and by, however, the section boss
got tired of this sort of thing. -There
was a good deal of work that year,
raising the tracks on that grade, and
there wasn’t another spring for two
miles. Finally he decided to negotiate
with Mrs. Bllger.
“That’s right,” said Mrs. Bllger,
“you killed my cow and you’ve got to
pay for her. She's wuth Jest forty
dollars.” •
So the section boss sought out the
road master and told him about the
affglr, and the road master told the
division superintendent It had been
ae long since the division superiA.
tendent had heard from the station
master abont Mrs. BUger’s cow that he
had forgotten all abont It Besides, R
didn’t sound like the same cow, any
way, the valuation being so different
So the division superintendent filed an
other report with the claim department
Mrs. Bllger, not hearing anything
from her appeal fbr justice, frogaented
tbo station' at Grafton a groat deal,
coining in abont train time and talking
vMantly to tbe station agaat Finally,
the station agent agreed to writs again
By tbta
was ftfty-tws
at this th
had visited Mrs.
Bllger with a chock made oot fbr bar
flint asking pries of twenty-three
dollars.
•“Have yon lest two cows, Mrs, Bll
ger T” said be politely.
“No, I haln’t,” that worthy woman
replied, “only one; bat I tint going to
tako no twenty-throe dollars for it
That cow will cost yon Just sixty-two
dollars now,” ; j\' jf .
“Bat she .wasn’t worth any slxty-
two dollara," be protested.
Mrs. Bllger was obstfnata, and tha
claim agent took back his check, and,
acting on Mrs. finger’s threat to go to,
law, sent over the first two papers on
the case to the general claims attorney.
Intending to see him about it next day.
Next day be was called off suddenly
to another part of the road. While he
Was gone the second report from the
station agent came along, with a bill
for fifty dollars for Mrs. Bllger's muley
cow, and, tbe department claim agent
being away, was sent straight to. the
claims attorney. Tbe three bills con
fused him.
In the meantime Mrs. Bllger began to
take the bit In her teeth. She now re
solved to suspend traffic generally on
tbe road till they paid some attention
to her. For this purpose she secured
an old red flannel shirt, and hitching
It on the end of an ax helve, began to
flag all the trains going np the grade
Industriously.
"You killed my muley cow, and
you’ve got to pay for ber,” she said,
when the trains esme to a standstill.
“I won't take less’n sixty-seven dollars
for her.”
The railroad men finally didn’t pay
any attention to her red flag at all, so
far as Stopping went, bnt as nobody
knew just when she might decide to
do something serious, like piling np s
Stone wall on the track, for instance,
they watched that flag with consider
able curiosity.
And at last she did decide to do
something. Filling two backets from
the half barrel of soft soap she always
kept on tap, and taking a bucket in
each hand, Mrs. Bllfer started out into
tbs dark, and walked half s mile up
the grade Then she artistically ap
plied her soft soap to abont a quarter
of a mile of tbe track.
Tbe next train was s freight When
she struck that soft soap she slid
ahead like a comet rollicking through
space: the engine rocked from side to
side like a steam launch in s storm.
"It's that d—d Bllger woman again I”
felled the engineer to the fireman.
“What’s she done now?"
"Oh. my God I" said the fireman,
thinking of bla family; “bow do I
knew?"
Then they both held onto tbe aides
of tbe reeling cab and hoped hard. The
engineer swtae arpeggios to a sort of
running obligato on the whistle. Tbe
train went by tbe station like a de
moniac steam callope escaped from S
circus, with a frightened train band
hanging on the brake ef every other
car.
The worst of II was, they didn’t
have the least Ides what ailed them,
because by that time all the soft soap
was worn off the wheels. They hadn't
tlo- Unit to look around. *n>*M>. Im»
cause they had to get down oa the next
siding for the through ten o'clock pas
senger train.
The express wee extra heavy that
night, and the engineer had a horrible
rale of speed on her when site reached
tbe grade. Nevertbelesa, when she
struck It she stopped short In two
lengths. To tbe wild dismay of the
engineer, the big drivers of his engine
Just whirled around and around like
a top. Finally the engineer (topped
her, snd he and the fireman got oat te
Investigate.
IBy thunder!" exclaimed the fire
man, stooping down; "it's soft soap.”
"Now will you pay me for my muley
cow?” said a voice from the darkness.
“If you don't you’ll never ran yoar
darned road again."
U was Mrs. Bllger. Her price had,
risen to eighty-seven dollars.
It so happened that a very Important
person was on this train, the president
of the road. He was in a hurry, too,
and he came out of his special car to
see what was going on, just as Mrs.
BUger arrived.
“Well, what’s the matter here?” sal^
tbe president
“Soft soap, air,” said the excited en
gineer ; “this woman's been daubing UB
the track with soft soap so we can’t
run the train, because she had her
darned cow killed and they won't pay
for It."
“Yea, they will,* said Mrs. Bllger;
“and It’ll cost ’em eighty-seven dollars
—not a cent less.”
Mrs. Bllger felt she was in a posi
tion to dictate, and she proposed to do
so. Tbe railroad president appre
ciated the situation. ^ r »\
“Well, my good woman,” said he,
“don’t yon think you’d compromise for
a little less—say seventy-five?”
“Who are your said Mrs. Bllger
haughtily.
^ “Well, I’m tbe president of this
road,” said the great official.
“Well, then, I want eighty-seven dol-
tors for my muley cow,” said Mrs. BU
ger, “and yon don’t get her for any
less.”
This amused tbe president consid
erably. He todk oat his fat pocket book
and counted out a big roll of bilto.
“There you are,” said he. “Til pay It
myself.” Then ho got Mrs. Bllgei'f
mark on a receipt before witnesses, to
front of tbo headlight; and the maley
eow was settled for Joet five
after its death.
“That maley cow was a good paytog
property,”»moaod the railroad p
dsat. m ho arntod htmoetf to hie
dal car. "If ■he’d gives a NM-rf]
milk a day. aad had a calf a
the Ham of hoi
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To Broadcast
A
iNMMMNMPr JT J*
Walter Damrosch, for 42 years
conductor of the famous New York
Symphony Orchestra, is to retire in
April. He intends to devote his
time to broadcasting which | is
wonderful news for the millions of
music loving radio fans.
keeping with the holiday season. Mrs.
J. B. Smith assisted the hostess In
receiving, while Mrs. C. M. Turner
presided over the register. Each-g*-}**
waa presetted with pencil and paper
snd asked to write her favorite re
cipe, these being made’ into a book and
presented to ,the bride. {
The guests were -then invited into
the dining room by Mesdames A. B.
Wise and ,W. M.- Walton, where a
sweet course was served by Misses
Lucy Bush, Grace Walton, Dorothy
MdLeod sj"id Willie Mae Thames.
Amid the talk and laughter, the sound
of a bell peeled forth and in came two
little boys, Briggs Wise, Jr., and Mar
ion Walton, dressed as Santa" Claus
with sacks full of gifts for the bride
from her friends on their backs.
Everyone present had a most en
joyable time atd the bride received
many useful gifts.
300 Kegs Explode.
West Patterson, N. J.—The explos
ion of 300 kegs of black powder in a
car of a derailed freight train on the
Central New Ergland railroad injur
ed 18 persons, demolished two houses,
damaged several others and hurled
parts of freight cars and contents a
quarter of a mile away. The force
of the explosion was felt for a dis
tance of 40 miles.
Ia Honor of Bride.
’ • Ellenton, Dec. 26.—In honor of a
popular bride of Ellenton wag a lovely
miscellaneous shower given Tuesday
afternoon by Mrs. Frank Bush for
Mrs. Will Greene. The home of Mrs
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Notice of Confederate Veteran’s
Meeting.
ofJPP
above entitled cans# by his
Judge M. M. Mapn, and dated Decem
ber 17th, 1926, to* prove your claims,
if any you have, Against the eatotp
before the undersigned Master kt his
office'in Barnwell, South Carolina, o»
Friday, the 7th day of January, A
1927. Any creditor failing to pi
his or her claim against the aforesaid
estate v will be barred from sharing
therein. / -• v 'i
•: ~ G. M. GREENE,
Master.
December- 21st, 1926.
l ij
•remer
B trSINESC
TTILDERiJ ^
TAKEN UP.—On Tuesday, Dec. 21,
one sorrel mare mule. Owner can get
same by paying for feed bill and this
advertisement.—A. J. Owens, Barn
well, S. C. ‘
'Please take noticeConfedeerate
Veteran* and widows of Confederate
Veterans of Barnwell County will as-
seble at the office of the Judge of
Probate, on Monday, January 10th,
1927, for the purpose of re-organiz
ing and electing officers of the Barn
well County Pension Board, and to at
tend to any other business in con
nection with the Pension of Confed
erate Veterans and Widows of Barn
well County.
L. F. HAIR, Chairman,
Confederate Veteran Board,
v for Barnwell County.
John K. Snelling, Clerk,
Barnwell County Pension
Board. . -
•ONE <D TH' GROCERY MEN
IN TOWN IT TENDIN' OUT
CAROS TO EVERY 13D DY
WHO AIN'T PAiO UP
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'EM ALL A ^ ^
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NEW
NOTICE.
State of South Carolina,
Court of Common Picas.
County of Barnwell.
Brent-Hurst Company,
Plaintiff.
vs.
Anna Stokes Falkenstein. executor of
estate of Fred W. Falkenstein, de
ceased.
Defendant
To all and singular the creditors of
F. W. Falkenstein. deceased:
You are hereby notified, pursuant
SEND US your orders for type
writer ribbons. Fresh supply just re
ceived at The People-Sentinel office.
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FOR SALE.—Bird Brothers’ pure
bred Giant Mammoth Bronze. Tur
keys; April hatch; weight of Toms
IS to 22 lbs.; weight of here 14 to
15 pounds. Guaranteed free from
disease. Toms, each $10; hens, each,
$6.50.—W. H. Moody, Jr., Kline, S. C.
12-16-4tp
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WHY WORRY about the price of
cotton when you can grow pecanr/
We cap furnish pecan trees any
ity, leading varieties, reasonal
priced. Stuart, Alley, Schley, Suc
cess, Tesche, Money Maker, ary size.
For price and other information,
write Flint River Pecan Co., Albany,
Georgia. 12-9-4tc.
FOR SALE:—Frost Proof Cabbage
Plants, grown in the open air, all
early varieties. By parcel post: 200,
75c; by express collect: 500. $1.25;
1,000, $2.00. Lettuce plants, 30c per
hundred. These are fancy plants.
Will ship day order is received. Cash
with order. Send check, money or
der, cash or ore and two cents stamps.
—Dr. ,C .N. Burckhalter, Barnwell,
S. C. 14-1-27.
Big.
TAX DODGING SALE
Here’s your opportunity to buy Toilet Articles at and be
low cost! We have to make our tax returns as of January 1 st
and rather than list these articles for taxation, many of which
would ordinarily be sold during the next 30 days, we have de
cided to give our friends the benefit of the savings. Look over
the offerings below, compare the prices ; and close the old year
right by taking advantage of these bargains. In view of the fact
that we have thrown profits to the winds, all sales will be made
for CASH.
Sale Starts TODAY and Continues Until Saturday
Night, January 1, 1927.
Var.tine’s Narcissus Dusting Powder
Colgate’s Orient Dusting Powder —
Vantine’s Lotus Dusting Powder —
Vantire’s Toilet Sets
Vantine’s Jabuer Extrace
Vantine’s Compacts —
Vantine’s Bath Salts
Cimi Compares
Djer Kiss Compacts
Armand Compacts
Djer Kiss Compacts
ersComp
Three Flowers Compacts
Houbigant Bath Salts ,—
All makes of Rouge —-
Lip Sticks
Lip Sticks
Lip Sticks —
Lip Sticks
Houbigant Extracts —-
tom
Regular
Price
$0.75
- 1.00
1.00
2.50
3.50
1.00
. .76
1.00
2.60
1.00
1.00
1.00
. 1.25
•50 „
.50
.75
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.25
. 1.00
Pepsoderjt Toothpaste
Pebecco Toothpaste -v —---
Ipana Toothpaste
Listerine Toothpaste
Acidint Toothpaste
Kolonos Toothpaste
Menen’s Tak '
J. and t Talc —
Armand Face Powder
Coty’s Face Powder :
Azure* Face Powder —
Flo ram ye Face Powder —
Princess Pat Face 'Powder 1.00
Cdty’s Jasmine 1.50
Coty’s Styx 1.00
Hudnut’s Violet Sec Bath Salts .75
Hudnut’s Narcissus Extract 1.00
Hudnut’s Deauville Extract 1.00
Hudnut’s Violet Sec Toilet Water 1.00
Hudnut’s Violet Sec Toilet Set 1.50
Hudnut’s Three Flowers Toilet Water 1.50
Hudnut’s Three Flowers Toilet Set „ 2.50’
Hudrjut’s Three Flowers Toilet Set 6.00
Hudnut’s Narcissus Toilet Set 2.25
Hudnut’s Gardenia Toilet Water 1.00
Hudnut’s Three Flewers Face Powder .75
Lazell’s Extract .60
Lazell’s Extract .25
Cashmer Bouquet Soap .25
Woodbury’s Soap .26
Woodbury's Facial Cream .50
Woodbury’s Facial Cream —.26
Palmolive Shampoo .60
.50
.50
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.50
QA
.37
.39
.37
.17
27
.24
Per Cake
Jergen’s Violet Glycerine Soap 10c
Life Bony Soap 10c
Palmolive Soap 10c
4 Cakes for
28c
- 28c
29c
•Ov
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.17
STATIONERY
2b
.17
Box Paper ...
.50
.36
1.00
.69
Box Paper
.75
.50
1.00
,69
Box Paper
.75
1.00
.69
Box Paper
1.50
1.00
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.69
Box Paper
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