Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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. I feli ' ■ - w . THURSDAY. tUART 21, B. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor. Entered at the post office at Barnwell S. C., as second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Om Year 2 $1 60 Six Months .90 Three Months ,50 (Strictly In Advance.) by which time thousands of automobile owners who are now paying for the construction will have passed on with out having been given an opportunity to enjoy the good roads for which they are now being taxed. The People-Sentinel is glad to see that Barnwell County’s representa tives in the General Assembly sponsor ed the bill and we sincerely hope that it will be passed by a substantial majority. By Albert T. Reid | M rs. J. J. Beck Passes. Mrs. J. J. Beck died at her home in the Pleasant Hill section yesterday (Wednesday) morning, following an attack of influenza and pneumonia. ♦ Farmers Sell Poultry. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1929. You can’t squeeze blood out of a tur nip, but oh, you iodine! Htre is a sign that appears on a store front in Los Angeles: “Fresh Fish of All Kinds, Including Oysters and French Fried Potatoes to Take Home Hot,” which rivals a local sign of several years ago that read as fol lows: “Fish and Ice Cream.” About $2,300 worth of poultry was sold by farmers at " Williston and Blackville Tuesday, according to H. G. Boylston, county agent, who as sisted with the shipment. »♦ To Issue Tax Executions. Congratulations to The Edgefield Advertiser on having attained its 94th milestone of honorable service to its readers! The paptir has been in the hands of the Mims family for more than half a century and the present editor, J. L. Mims, has been at the helm for 27 years. In spite of the fact that some local business (?) men assert that advertis ing doesn’t pay, American advertisers are spending more than $’2,225,000 per day for newspaper advertising, while the American people spend about $1 ,000,000 a day in pennies to buy their newspapers. To Run for Governor. During the past several months there have been rumors that Sena tor Cole L. Blease would be a candi date! for Governor in the primaries of 1930. What may be taken as a con firmation of these rejrorts is contain ed in an exchange of telegrams be tween the Senator and Governor John G. Richards, relative to the road bond issue, which threatens to cause a breach between these erstwhile politi cal cronies. Among oth<r things Senator Blease wired the Governor as follows: “Unless this question is submitted to the people, 1 think we will have the liveliest campaign in South (’arolina next year that we have had since 1912, with the probability of some of th<i old horses being on the track. While they may be a little spavined, I believe they are fit for a good race, if pushed.” We don’t know any of the “old horses” that are likely to be back on the track in the gubernatorial race next year except the junior Senator and it is to be hoptd that he is a lit tle more spavined than he apparently thinks is the case at this time. After March 1st, executions will be issued against all property op which taxes due the town of Barnwell have not been paid, according to a notice appearing in The People-Sentinel. ♦ ♦ ♦ Local Attorneys Honored. At the meeting of the South Caro lina Bar Association in Columbia last week, Thomas M. Boulware, Esq., of this city, w'as elected vice president from the Second Judicial Circuit, and Herman I. Mazursky, of Barnwell, and W. E. Free, of Bamberg, were elected as local counsel from the same circuit. Hercules Items. Eddie Smith, of Ellenton, was the week-end guest of M. L. Creech. Mrs. Eva Baxley and Miss Viola ^proft have just returned from a shop ping trip to Auguste. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Still ant Mrs. Eva Creech visited the latter’s brother, Clarence !. Hughes, in Yarn* ville Tuesday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Still have mover to Blackville. M rs. C. I. Hughes and little son, bdelle, of V arnvill *, are visiting rela tives and friends in this community Double Ponds News. The Highway Bond Issue. If opponents of the $75,000,000 highway bond issue had occasion to iise the roads during the rains of last week they probably would have been converted to the idea that the only feasible plan for getting out of the mud during the lifetime of thousands ofl gasoline taxpayers is by tho adoption of the bill now before the General Assembly. But as most of that opposition is con fined to the Piedmont counties, which already enjoy paved roads, it is scarci*- ly to be hoped that they have joined the ranks of the proponents. Strangely enough, one of the chief arguments advanced by up-State op ponents against the proposed bond is sue is that the real estate of South Carolina is pledged for the loan. Did Greenville, Spartanburg, et al., secure the money with which to pave their roads by merely pledging thci ex pected receipts from their share of the gasoline tax or did they bond the Teal estate in their several counties Double Ponds, Feb. 19.—A large crowd attended a barbecue dinnei at the Home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Rowell last Thursday. All present enjoyed a delightful day. Mrs. Fannie B. Graham, Mrs. Maggie Delk and Roddie Delk were the guests of Mrs. S. E. Delk ant family Sunday. Miss Lila Weeks is visiting rela tives in Warrenville. C. E. Delk was the gumt of Gary Williams Sunday morning. Miss Evelyn Black, of the Bamberg High Seh ool, spent the week-end at her home in Hilda. Mrs. Fannie Graham returned home Saturday from an Augusta hospital, where she has been with little Sarah Grubbs, who has been quite ill: Jams Byrnes Hartzog spent Satur day night with David Delk. Miss Leanora Delk, of Columbia, spent th<« week-end at home, with her father, I. A. Delk. Misses Cleo, Evelyn and Carrie Creech and Patrick Morris were in at tendance a* church Sunday afternoon. Miss Victorine Delk was the guest of Miss Frances Delk Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Delk and family were th<.« guests of Mr. Dclk’s sister, Mrs. James C. Still, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Dyches and chil dren, of Charleston, are spending a few days wdth Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Dyches, Sr. Busy, blustering business man to stenographer as phone rings: • “Take the message and ITl get it from you later.” Steno (demurely): “Your little girl wants to send you a kiss over the telephone.” Politeness. A chorus girl introduced her young man to another chorus girl, with the result that he transferred his aflfec- t tions. The aggrieved girl gave her under the reimbursement agreement' {rival a piece of her mind in a letter with the State Highway Department? which read: And if they have done the latter, why “You Heartless Creature: You know is it wrong for the State as a whole to do what some of thci counties have done already as individual units? The up-State counties have no ob jection to sharing in the benefits of the 6-0-1 school law, whereby many them get back in State aid more than they pay in, but when it comes to helping some of the poorer coun- tles pave th« main highways that to be something else again. Under the present system of high- hoilding in South Carolina it will It 20 years to pave the main very well we had been going about to gether for six months. Wait till I lay my hands on you, you good-for- nothing bleached blonde. I’ll scratch out your eyes, pull out your hair and your teeth, and throw acid on you. Yours truly, C- — N- “P. S.—“Please excuse pencil.” a; THE RIGHT WAY TO TRAVEL ie by train. The safest. Host com fortable. Moat reliable. Costa less* Inquire of Ticket Agents regarding m . . traatly reduced fares for short trips. connecting the county seata, SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM “I got them at Dreer’s” is so often the answer, when A you ask a neighbor thq^ secret of his success with Vegetables or Flowers. Our 1929 Garden Book will help you choose the best Seeds, , Plants and Bulbs and tell you how to grow them. A copy free if you mention The People-Sentinel. HENRY A. DREER 1306 Sprint Garden Street Philadelphia, Pa. Heavy Frost or Frozen Fog? What was declared by many to be the heaviest frost of the winter was seen here Thursday morning. In fact, at first glance it appeartid that a light snow had fallen during the night. Hov/ever, the Bamberg correspondent to The News and Courier declares that the sight was “a rare phenomenon, although not a great many residents noticed it morei than casually. The thermometer the night before regis tered a few degrees below freezing, and at 11 o’clock it was comparatively fair, but during the night heavy clouds overshadowed the skies, and by sunrise ono of the densest fogs in months covered the earth. In spite of the fact, however, that the skies were beclouded heavily and a dense fog was everywhere, what apparently was a heavy frost was seen. But for the fact that th(« coating of icy particles were seen in tree tops, as well as near the earth, no notice at all would have been directed to the unusual oc currence, as most people would have decided that the frost appeared be fore the clouds and fog. But frost is not usually seen in tree tops or on trees to any notifiable extent. The solution that most local weather pro phets give is that it was not frost, as people generally think of frost, at all, but was frozen fog.” -:BREAD> OUR BETTER FLAVOR COMES FROM Quality Ingredients and SKILL CLAUSSEN’S Since 1841—South's Favorites ♦ Wm. McNAB Representing FIRE, HEALTH AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANIES. Personal attention given all bnainess Office in Harrison Block, Main St. BARNWELL. & C Step by step to new peaks of popularity From the --arliesr days of the automobile, “Standard” La 1 * been the leading motor fuel. Today “Standard” outsells any other gasoline by more than two gallons to one. Fjtpericnce and research have built the following qualities into “S^anuxrd” Gasoline— hs&sy Skirting—in coldest weather. Quick Acceleration—ntetssaxy in traffic. Parser, Steady and Reliable —for hills and long, hard runs. A/ lie age Lffietency—proved over and over by road tests in everv rype of car., Safety to M OtOT—a fuel that cannot possibly injure your engine. Complete CjOtnbusttOU—\t bums cleanly, leaving practical!v no carbon, and burns completely, leaving no “Imse ends” to dihite tlic motor oil. Uniformity—you car set your carburetor on "Stand ard” and forget it, fw earn gailori is like every other gallon wherever you pixy buy it. Siv(IIIability—“Standard” Gasoline has the further advantage of being c*hy obtained, as “Standard” pumps are cTrnvruiiendy located 4 throe^liout the length . and breadth r/ rhia afc&cc. __ _ “Standard” Gasoline jutv** dm fori problem for the motorist. In “Standard* he gets the beat g-.isoline money can buy. Each year rertclies new peaks in sales and rises to new heights of pt/bbe favor. • If you are not a “Standard*’ nset, try this product and see for yourself how satisfacocs y it teadly is. STANDARD VI ted IT T ■2^ „1. -r ^ »TANDAPt. CASOUN! There is no truly “anri-kno.k'* motor fuel being sold, except m a premium price. The beat kmc+T* “anti-knock” fuel is ESSO, the Giant Power Fuel. It is adtnwwi. edged by engineers to be in a dkwa by itself—a get fuel, specially made 1 »nuine “ami-kanck” y made for use in high compression motors, and in n*rtcrs that are carbonized from O co#to mo*e to make, and has to be acid % am all premium over Gasoline, but ESSO gf^R* aii extra engine performance Never before experienced. On sale ctAr at me Silver ESSO Pumps with the ESSO Globes. HtAN DARD~ . GASOLINE lSTANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW JERSB