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THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1928. 3. k: .............Jmmimm ?#**!* , « i * K.it IK‘ J his nu tlicir wici.'tin^ to the <to\v« of tfii' j’an-Amrri'on ( on Itoto s!:ovvs ProMr:!/ ;im<1 Mrs < no':(!xi‘ as. thev sinilf I{.i-. .tiia.X'ulta, mi their \va\ to the ojieuin^ STATEMENT Of C’ommissioners of I'uhlfe Works of Town of Hjirnwell for Quarter Eit'l- in^ 4)eeem!x i r .‘51st, 15*27: Rs^eeipts PAID OUT I^nk Salaries Hoi nit's Dorst (’oal Co. PittshiM'^h Metal Co. _ Standard Oil Co. J. N. Andetson. A^ent Mutual lee (’o. _ _ (’alhoun and \Co. Office Rent Freight Lemon Bros Telephone 1. Expense—Augusta arHi Oran^ehur^ Posture (’. F. Molair Vickery Bros. Lombard Iron Works Hall McFanna Co, 'hid.i H .. $49r,.in T,56ff.SO tilH.br, tKoo _ ir»2.u; 1 ,f)72.a2 . 100.00 35.H0 45.00 11.14 _* 51.10 8.70 .... 20.05 27.58 -/ Owens, Attorney Thomas and Lumpkin, A ttys m\ W. W. Kins __ cNo. D.’s B. P, Davies . _ I). B. Witherspoon, Atft. Rent—Transformers _ ^ Repairs AAlotor _ J _ _-r_ T Johns-ManVille Corp. .1. W. Smoak Hdw. Co.' Cameron and Barkley Co. ^ l. Barrett Suppl>\Co. August Sanders\poteS P. W. Price Extra Work Blatt Painting Smoke Truck License . TOTAL Cash on Hand Total I.... $5,360.7\ .1 .M. CAliDWELL, Clerk. St IMMONS FOR RELIEF. State of South Carolina, County of Barnwell. Court of Common Pleas. Annie liters, Minnie Scarborough, Sal- lie E. Moore, Martha A. Hiers, Mary E. Baxley.* P. J. Hiers, Maxry P. Eaves, Charlie L. Hiers, Annie L. Biyant, Hattie T. Perry and Gil- mori Hiers, Are Stevenson s Books to. Stand Tim&*s test ? The bishop of Durham Iik his ora tion at the St(‘veiis()ii eommemoration Mitmer indirectly raised the question whether physical disabilities are a handicap to individual distinction In life. His observations suggest that weakness in one svnse may he the path to great ness.in another. 4 ' Robert Louis Stevenson wa ■ tip only son and a chronic invalid. Ills physical weak ness, like ScoU’s iamepess and By ron:? club foot, the bjshop remarKed. tended to induce in him an almost morbid cull of virility. The bishop wound up his addrei'S with a (juestion to which Stevenson enthusiasts of the present day would, admit of but one answer. When hi books trad to : stami „nttkydly on. iU merits would they lie aide to /hold their own against the rival claVns-of new works armed with all tire, subtle appeal of direct relevance to/1he time present? When we think/of the fu rore over the Waveriy novels for long after they were published and of the apathy regarding Scot/ in the present genera Hern,—tm one/Wtr answer th< Idsliop’s question dj^giualically.—We( * Value at Ffrrt Not Recognized At on e time rot a tThufij was* regarded as a nuisance. ! B lis m e 'e v al* uable than ^(ffd. Scientists have pr\yed that It is the most permanent of alKinetals and that it resists the action of moisture or the elements for centuries. NPIatinuin is of exceptional value in d^Pnl work, because it is not affected bythe acids and secretions of the mouth. It was the Spaniards who- brought tliis metal to the notice of Abe civi lized world. When they were in Mex ico and. Panama in search of gold they regarded platinum as a nuisance amb a dangerous metaf because, being as heavy as gold, it was easily mistaken for gold when covered with a coating of yellow metal. it was not long, however, before they realized its value for making Jewelry, ami used It for snuff-boxes, sword and dagger hilts, and other or naments. . *' </ It now commands a higher price than gold. When it is In crude ore/ form it is like a coarse gravel that hi pears,<lull and Unpromising. Alter/he first relinishiug process the inel/l is spongy and porous. It is then pressed into round disks. In anclcnptimes the metal/vas ham mered into,very thin sheets and then worked up into e.uiless/varieties ot ornaments, the iK'st /specimens of which have been found in Ecuador. Old Paintings Throw ^ Light on Indian Life Six pain tings of American Indians made in tue* 1730 s &ntj forgotten for 200 years'have been 'given to the world Jo reproduction, fcft the first time ih a publication, released from the /smithsouian institution. They are/drawings’of the life and culture of the Indians of Lower Louisiana inade between the years 1732-35, by X. DeBatz, a Frenchman, presumably an architect or au engineer. to have been made in Lower ^Louisi ana, and they are likewise believed to be, the oldest pictures existing of members of tiie Acolapissa, Atakapa, Choctow, Fox, Illinois and Tunica tribes. The paper hasi turned yellow with age, but* the colors remain clear Mind" bright, and 'many details are shown with great exactness. ~ The sketches yield' an astonishing Asks $25,000 731 *732 735 $50.86 j 25.00 86.00 ______ 10.00 ' 2.00 842.10* 1,105.26 _____ 16.G6 *16.66 ___ 16.66' /_-_;i6.66 ^6.06 /i00.00 PiAptocaSt ~ V. r 6. Doris .dercer Kresge, wil «'i the multi-millionaire chain store oyvmer, Js SKiing her husband/for 82-i,(XX) to cover lawsuit expenses mrurred dbring fluf tjonrt airing-of t!:c Krcsge divorce triangle,/ A QUARTERLY REPORT ' ' BOARD OF COUNTY DIRECTORS ^FOR THE QUARTER “ ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 1927: M \ ^ PERRY B. BUSH, Clerk, , v .' / ^ • \f '■■AM Board of County^,Director&\J^ A. J. Owens, county home W. W. King, contingent _/___ -----— B. H. Dyches, dieting prisoners Boaid of Charities, chain gang and'eounty home Mis. J. C. Lemon, county home * — J. B. Armstrong, interest on bonds _: — — -- - J. B .Armstrong, interest on bonds J. W. Patterson, salary —- R. R. Moore, salary /. .. - L. S. Still, salary j _*____ __ tdis Brabham, salary — —__ G. W. Green, salaiy - — — Henry Haitzog, chain’gang —--- Jennie P. Groyne, . rest room — 1 H. J. Crouch, salaryv_ v -_ T D. P. Lancaster, salary ------—.. Elizabeth McNab, Home Dem. Agent -j Carlisle Courtnfy Home, special -J-- _W. H. • Manning, salary and clerk 3/- — Frankie Harley-, salary Ar B. Patterson, salary V H. G. Boylston.. salary -* _...... C. J. Fickling, Board of Education _/ i — SRerrv B. Bush, salarv ' Jas.-.M. Caldwell, light and water, C. S. Buist, Magistrate O. AV. -Harley.- Magistrate B. *W £ Peeples, Magistrate- J. M. Diamond, Magistrate G. L. Hill, Magistrate .’ B. Harden, Magistrate : TnsRti Harden, Constable E. Rv Morris, Constable _ G. R.'Boylston, Constable Charlie pliers, Constable^ W. H. D>Thes{ Constable G. R. Peeples. Constable B. L. Fields. Gpnstable ' Hcotsmnn. s/p them S/ates Phosphate ^Jid Fer- tiUet- Company and Phi/izy and Comp^p-y, Defentlants. :by summoned r the TO THE A MED: OU ARE 1 and in this action; your answer To said Complaint on the subscribers/at their (iffict in Barn well, S. C., within twentY days after the ser/ict* hereof, \ exc lusiye ofrThe day oy such service; and* if yhu fail to ansWer the complaint within Mu time aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action wi 11 apply to the Court for the. relief demanded in the Complaint. Jan. 24, A. D., 1628. BROWN & BUSH, Plaintiff’s -Attorneys. NTS ABOVE of the Indians. quantity of information on the^ cloth ing. habitations, temples, fighting ac tivities/games and domestic animals, of the Indians around tiie Mississippi. Though crude, they are/very graphic and proveDeBatz to hare been a care ful observer interested in OVe customs Plaintiffs, vs. Bernice C.. Hiers, Meredith Hiers, J. L. Hiers, Jr., Catherine Lutz, Earle Lutz, Bank of Western Carolina, NOTICE. TO THE ABSENT DEFENDANTS BERNICE/C. HIERS, MEREDITH HIERS, J.X .HIERS, JR., CATH ERINE LUTZ, EARLE LUTz, EU GENE LUTZ, \ AND RICHARD i.UTz: .4mU~4V4LL—PX.KASE -TAEE- NOTIc/ that the con/daint in the above entitled action was qn the 24th day of Japuary, 1928, filed in the/office of the ^’lerk of Court ' of Barnwell County, South Carolina. BROWN & BUS] Plaintiff’s Attorney i X Better Be Safe Than Sorry t f ■ ' - X - ' - T f X f Y Y Y ❖ Men Like Coffee Beans? !es us. We are like so -uumy—coffee beans—Hte same size;— the. same color, the same smell. Crea tures of Convention ! The very but tons hold our clothes together are sewed where they *are Jjy the dic tates of convention Every article of (liv*Ss is pix*scrihed by fashion and cus tom ; \vc eat what we do for t lie same reason, we get up in the morning, comb our hair, go to our offices, or Yook lireaklast. waHi disties, and per- ifortn tiie t.liousnmi and oneTidngs that make up our daily fives, because con- vYnti'on so decides. . Some fortunate ones succeed fn pursuing more or less independent existences, hut the whole tendency of our American life is to make u\ do the same thing, pay the same thiffg. nnd think the same thing. —Charles Q. Norris in Plain Talk Magazine. Just Another Container- In “Up tiie Yeurs From Blooms bury,“ tiie actor, Ge/rge Arliss, tells #f nu'Oting in....Uoiston \ delightegl idd lady, Mrs.'BelL .wh<* was then eighty- four. ' / “I. met her n‘t many gatherings. No dinner party in which*, sheVwas in cluded was ever dull. She ‘generally kept everyone in peals of laughter and I never heard ’her repeat herself. She lived IA ft small house with a small back garden/ For a time she ept a pigYff fhe /erd and when asked h.y on earth $ne kept.it, she'said: /Well, we put\hings fAvrrocxgTcQ Jack Smith, /catcher with -Utc- Ncw York A mien can League ba^sc.- hall team, who is tram- >, foi heavyweighy boxing bouts Y ^mith is under the management 1)1 Fddit Holly, sy/ui of the Chicago Cubj» The People-Scnnncl, Printing W. W. King, conripgent. ___ J. S. Still, salary _ Ossie Washington/ janitor Jo^? Baxley,* chain gang V-_ ______ liff Robinson, chafn”*gang\- -- A. M. Anderson, chain gang _ E. F. Woodward, chain gang __r_/_ _,//: Auto Electric Co., chain gang . H. W. Sanders;‘chain gang - ___ Walter Givens, chain gang - G. R. Peeples, chain gang Barnwell Filling Station, chain gang Smith Hardware Co., chain gang Vickery Bros., chain gang _./ Harper Bros., chain gang • j. Barnwell Fruit Co.. cH^in -gang Dicks Auto Co., a chain gang Lemon .Bros/chain gang and county home Gulf Refining do., chain gang L. Cohen, chaip) gang and county home- B. H. Dyches, dieting prisoners __ John K. Snelljng. salary, cler.k and lunacy Selig- Co., public buildings _ Walker, Evans and Cogswell Co,, printing L. J. Henry, pffblic buildings R, L. Bryan Co., Pllnting i The State (‘o. r opting . 29,16 ____ 29.16 14.58 *12.50 ___J 12.50 .v.__ 29.16 ____ 27.9/ .____ is.sd 12.50 29.16 14.58 nrararai 14.00 20.00 150.i)0 20.00 ll 1 75.90 _]___ 60.00 A__ 65.00 A Name Fits Job lust have something to' jA^ocAgrc^ KIRBY STAYGREEN CUCUMBER SEED v In One Pound Sealed Packages X t SEND IN YOUR ORDER NOW k VA VA VA ♦♦♦ VA VA VA & X Seed Delivered March 1st | You Pay When Delivery is Made % ❖ _ . ■ X Going Too Far __ A cit/^nffignate Die other day sum moned 7 his Nnanager. “Look herk Rohinson,” said lie. “Ypu’H have tdCfalk to that new fel low. Join's, you fiH'U on as .shorthand Zypiist. . .“Why, what’s lire'matter with him? . said Rohinson. “1 k\ow he stutters^ 7 ratlier badly, but xmtVaid—’’ / “I said I didn’t mind/hat, Irut Idok at this.’’ The- magnate tield out a letter which read: “4n reforoffee 4o yours of the eighth tilt.” A/ Tlien lie eoiitlnued/ v “StutfeWng on the typewriter I simply wpn’t s\and. —London, -Daily C K rof>icl J oh n 0elds, v icc-pre/dc i i the Federal Land Ban-k-erf Wichit/, scrving'thc -Mate/"of Kansas, Ok la- hdma/ Cojorado and JS/iy Mexico, who/was elected president of the ’American Farm Congress at Kan sas City. ‘ '/ / t tie J\ i The Lorgnette Juggler Tills concerns a dancer whose tab enta are recognized iu tiie two-a-day antUmuslcai;comedies. After making a hit in a show she suddenly went ritzy and affecletUtall millinery. Her intimates gave her qp, not being able to tolerate her pos&s and speech af fections while knowing that site was illiterate. At anar rate, they say that her maid at the theater asked her: ‘ “Have you any idea where the pins aje?* ^1 regret very much/’ said the up stage one, “but I do not know where MZ Dr.—€li*ytor r J. B .Armstrong, salary Irene H. Lemon, board of regents--^^ a _ . A. T, Russell, lunacy W. W. King, Lunacy r _____ J. B. Armstrong,-Court Expense G. M. Main, Jail 1 _ ' 'V/ Sarah C. Armstrong, Salary B. H. Dyches,’Salary and Court Expense A. J. Owemv Court House Farmers Union Mercantile Company, Court House Max Bronson, Court House Wall St. Pharmacy, county home S, J. Halford, county home Lemon Bros., county home ___/ R. A. Deason, county home Best Pharmacy, county home __/ ^ __ Bj Mazursky, county’ home 1 „ R. A. Ellis, county home ^ F. Molair^county home . Aj. L. Buist and Son, county homt /i ' E. Wv Holman, county home ______ Mutual Ice Co., county home Merritt Reel Co... chain gang and county home ,_ r o.xo 398.98 Edwin Mulvaney—Chattanooga, Tenn. high experiments discovered a new ex plosive—substitute fdr gasoline— which Federal chemists are now working on. A \ 813 814 _ 815 846 81/ 818; 8191 820 . 821 822 823 824 825 826 J821 828 V 829 830 881 832 833 834 833 836 837 838 839’ 840 J. B. Moiris, chain/g^ng Perry B. Bush, chain gang ±J~— i Standard Oil Co., chain gang _/____ Ben Morris; chain gang* _• . T -____ W. D. Hailey, chain gang _ _ J. S. Still, chain gang ^ J. B./At’mst-rofig, interest oh "bonds _C J. W. Patterson, salary R. R .Moore, salary Idis Brabham, salary 1 ______L_j i__ Q. W. Green, salary L. S. Still*, salary ___■ r/ A,. B. PaTferson, salary ____' / / John K. Snelling, salary, clerk and lunacy H. J. Crcqch, salary and postage--- -1... J. S. Still, salaiy /. ---/ - Ossie Washington, Janitor - Frankre Harley, salaiy H. G. B.oylston, salary* Brown and Bush, attorneys _ _/l ___._• D. P. Lancaster, salary - . J. M. Caldwell, water and lights J. A. Morris, Magistrate- . “ J, M. Diamond, Magistrate O. W. Harley, Magistrate . R t . LJrWobley, Magistrate ~ ■ z,/ ^- C. S. Buist, Magistrate l G. L. Hill, Magistrate (CONTINUED. NEXT WEEK.) ADVERTISE IN THE PEOPLE-SENtlNEL.