The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, May 16, 1929, Image 2
AT THE
EIGHTEENTH
HOUSE
T UB bouM was the seventeenth
one, and she felt a faint stirring
of the hope which had seemed
for the last two hours to be dy
ing within her breast Seven was a
lucky number. The seventeenth house
■could not fall to produce encourage-
tnent of some sort.
; It was a pretty little house like a
<Jozen pretty little houses on that
ntreet where at the door of each she
had met abrupt refusal. All the
houses were small and pretty except
one, the big white house in the corner.
The big white house was the next one,
the eighteenth.
Lillie Moffat approached the seven-
teentb* house with more confidence
than she had felt before. She mount
ed the steps and touched the bell.
The name on the door was Derry—
D. J. Derry. David—Daniel? She
wondered what the D. stood for while
she listened for footsteps. But no
footsteps came. Yet she was sure
there was somebody In the house for
she could hear voices. She rang
again and with retH disappointment
decided that nobody was coming to
the door. Turning she moved away.
As she went down the steps a voice
spoke from a window above her.
“What do you wont?”
Lillie looked up. A black-eyed,
chubby-chlnned woman, wearing a
boudoir cap, leaned over the sill. The
black eyes seemed to pierce the near
leather side of the bag Lillie carried.
"Oh, you’re an agent!” said the
woman. **I guess It’s Just as well I
didn’t come down then. I don’t want
any of the stuff you’re selling.” Sud
denly she leaned a little farther.
"Why don't you go to work doing
•omethlng respectable?” she demand
ed. *T don’t think much of people
that run around with a bag trying to
swindle folks out of their money, Just
because they are too lazy to work.
They’re worse than tramps.” She dn-w
back from the window ami Lillie
beard her humming, off the key. a
•train of “O Sole Mlo.”
The color that had been whipped
Into Lillie’s fiice by the cruel words
vanished and left her ns white as a
faded little woman of forty-six may
become when she Is under stress of
terrible circumstances. Tears came
to her eyes and her Ups quivered.
8he fairly had to feel her way down
the street.
"After that." she thought, “I might
•a well go home."
And yet how could she go home
with all the hope of her venture out
of her and look Into John Henry’s
questioning eyes? She hsd never had
• secret from John Henry In aft the
twenty seven years they had been
married and she could not hegln now
when he waa laid up with three bro
ken riba and a broken collar hone. It
bad been hsd enough to have such an
•ecldent befall him. but It would be
slmost worse to fall In a project when
they so needed a little extra money.
And the firm had told her that Fluffs
Faultless Flavors sold like wildfire;
people were simply crying aloud for
them; agents were making 110 a day!
Ten dollars n day! She hud been a
bit daxxled. perhapa. and John Henry
had said; "It will get you out In the
sdr. It Isn’t good for you to stay
eooped up In here all the time with j
me.” The truth was John Henry
couldn't help groaning a hit at the
pain of knitting hones, and every
groan distressed her. If she were out J
of the house for a little while each
day he could groan as much as he
pleased.
"So, I won’t go home,” sold Lillie
to herself. *TII take the next street
and pretend that I’m Just starting in; !
•on'.ebody Is sure to buy of me. And
I won’t let what that Mrs. Derry said 1
hurt me. because— She couldn’t |
have known what It Is to have a bro
ken husband who has never been able
to save much because his mother
lived to he eighty-nine and had to be
doctored every minute—”
i She blinked away the tears. Then
-tfhe saw that she was close to the big
•white house on the corner, the for- j
oiidable aristocratic house which |
seemed to look down on all the small- |
-er ones. The eighteenth house! No
Qge in going there. Those heavy lace
curtains at the windows forbade yoti,
the great front door was a barrier
which only the elect might pass. And
’the name, Mrs. Lawrence! She had
toeard of Mrs. Lawrence; she had even
seen 'her, coldly remote through the
plate glass windows of a limousine.
No, she couldn't go there, and yet,
•he had promised herself to take
every house as she came to it, to be
frightened away by none.
"It can’t be much worse than what
I've gone through,” she told herself.
She mounted the steps and rang the
belt A moment’s wait and then the
<loor opened. An elderly maid inter-,
wened.
'“Haven’t you come to the wrong
•doorT* asked the maid, reading Lil
lie’s errand expertly.
T—I don’t know,” Lille murmured
fa dismay. She drew back a step.
"1—I beg your pardon.”
The door closed automatically, but
It opened again the next Instant
^ "One moment,” said the maid
1 •'Mrs. Lawrence wishes to see you.
come In.” . Her tone bad
Lime followed the maid
beautiful room with a
that the spring chill
Ma. Lai
but her hair waa like snow. Under
thia white hair was a beautiful fact,
high-bred, eerloua, with no color save
In the very red Ups and bright blue
eyes.
"Come to the fire,” Mrs. Lawrence
said. "Take this chair,” and she all
but helped Lillie into the downy
depths of such a receptacle for a tired
body as only great wealth can pro
vide. She took the opposite chair and
began to talk naturally, pleasantly,
drawing Lillie out to talk in return.
In a few minutes Mrs. Lawrence
knew all about John Henry’s broken
bones and how he got them.
“He must be a very brave man to
paint a church steeple,” she said. T
can scarcely get my feet off the
ground that I don’t feel dizzy.”
There was a movement and sound
and Lillie, turning, saw the elderly
maid pushing a tea-wagon toward
them. Upon the wagon was a tea
service, finger lengths of hot-buttered
toast, and some crisp little cakes.
"It is Just my afternoon tea time,”
explained Mrs. Lawrence. T hope
you feel like Joining me In a cup of
Oolong.”
Over their teacups the talk grew
somewhat more lively, for Lillie was
being cheered Inexpressibly. When
at last she dared stay no longer she
arose and tried to express her enjoy
ment of the entertainment
“The pleasure has been mine,” re
plied Mrs. Lawrence. “I am so much
alone and so lonely since—since my
husband died.” She paused percepti
bly. ‘T have enjoyed your company
very much. You have done me good.”
“If I have done you good, oh, think
how much good you’ve done me I”
breathed Lillie.
Nothing was said about Fluff's
Faultless Flavors. Indeed, Lillie hod
for the time forgotten all about them.
Rut when she got home she remem
bered and she told John Henry. But
Just os she had known he would, John
Henry understood.
“You got more out of that experi
ence than If you had sold the whole
outfit.” he said.
Lillie was to get more yet out of
the experience, for that evening came
a messenger with flowers and fruit
for the invalid. And every day there
after the offering was repeated. More
than this. Mrs. I^jwrenee drove to the
door in her limousine and In the sight
of the neighborhood made a friendly
little call.
And to he added to this is one
thing more: Lillie told out her entire
stock of flavors that very week.
Everybody bought of her! Mrs. Law
rence had done that for her, too!
Spain Put* Forward
Claim to Columbu*
Apparently not content with having
financed the discovery of America and
having thoroughly established her-
aelf In our southern hemisphere. Spain
now seeks to prove that Columbua
was a native Spaniard.
Itecent researches at Seville and
Berlin have so excited the Spanish,
wln**e only claim on America now is
cultural, that a Madrid newspaper
ha* offered a prize of TiO.OUO pesetas
for the t>est proof that Columbus came
from the laud of Isabella and Ferdi
nand.
Historians have hitherto accepted
the word of Columbus when he went
before (Jueen Isabella and said: ”1
come from Uenoa. where 1 was born.”
Trie acceptance of this single state
ment may have led to what Professor
Altamlra has called ’’the fosslllzation
of historical error,” for no objection
has been raised to It except the fee
ble observations of such scholars os
Humboldt that Columbus was more
typically Spanish than Italian in bis
zeal. ,
Spanish scholars Justify the alleged
prevarication of Columbus upon three
grounds. In the first place, they be
lieve that Columbus followed the prov
erb, “No man Is a prophet in his own
country.” It Is also asserted that
Columbus really came from Galicia,
which had taken sides with John
against Isabella and was consequently
In disfavor at court. Thirdly, Colum
bus was partly Jewish on Ills mother’s
side, and, since Queen Isabella was
notoriously anti-Semitic, he feared
her displeasure.
As a matter of fact, Andreas Colon
(Columbus) appears in the annals of
the Inquisition as a Jew in 14S0. The
evidence connecting Columbus with the
Jews may be found in letters written
to hit friends and to his son, Ferdi
nand. — —
It is also pointed out by scholars
that In 1492 and for fully a hundred
years thereafter Columbus was not
claimed by Genoa, where he was
known only as a wine merchant, but
that after the magnitude of his dis
coveries became known the city hailed
him as her own. Indeed, these scholars
deny Columbus his own name, for the
only time the discoverer of America
ailed himself Christopher Columbus,
ey say, was in his letters to Ferdi
nand and Isabella, and all his other
letters are signed “Cristobal Colon.”
This is a common Spanish name, and
one may yet read in an old house in
Porto Santo, Galicia, the words
“. . . Colon, ano 1490.” — Living
Age.
Carman City ForasU
The municipal forest of Bitterfield.
Germany, the city In which are situ
ated the largest lignite mines in the
world, must soon be felled, for It
stands above rich veins of the . val
uable fuel, which is here obtained by
surface mining. Bat * German city
without an adjoining forest Is unthink
able, hence It baa been decided to
reforest large arses in which the coel
has been exhausted. German pines
and firs grow so rapidly that n fair-
aland weed via arise Ln 29 years. |
French Poihn at London Cenotaph
£
1061
rv*.;!
& ■
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French soldiers led by General Gourand, famous one-armed general of
France, are shown standing in salute to English heroes who died in the
World war. The Impressive ceremony took place at the cenotaph in Londoa
QUARTERLY REPORT
OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY DIRECTORS FOR THE QUARTER
ENDING MARCH 31, 1929.
PERRY B. BUSH, Clerk,
% Board of County Directors.
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Claims Paid Dec. 4, 1928.
Ossie Washington, Janitor $20.00
Henry Hartzog, chain gang 100.00
Cornelia Butler, State Highway 65.20
J. W. Patterson, board of county directors 16.66
R. R. Moore, board of county directors 16.66
L. S. Still, board of county directors 16.66
Idis Brabham, board of county directors 16.66
G. W. Greene, board of county dinctors 16.66
Perry B. Bush, cl.*rk, county directors 133.33
W. H. Manning, county auditor 55.55
H. G. Boyiston, courty farm agent 125.00
E. E. Morris, constable 29.16
G. R. Peeples, constable 29.16
Charlie Hiers, constable 15.83
Trotti Harden, constable t 17.50
V. B. Martin, constable 4 —— ....... 27.92
C. B. Parker, constable ard chain gang •> 34.01
R. L. Wooley, magistrate ........ ...... .......... 25.00
O. W. Harley, magistrate 14.58
C. S. Built, magistrate ........ ........ ...... .... 25.00
B. W. Peeples, magistrate ..... 29.16
R. B. Harden, magistrate ...... ... .... 12.50
J. A. Morris, magistrate ... ........ .... 12.50
W .H. Dyches, constable ........ ........ .... ..... 12.50
J. S. Still, county supervisor .... ........ 150.00
N. F. Sanders, chain gang * ..... 75.00
Henry Hartzog, chain garg 100.00
A. M. Anderson, chain gang ... 65.00
Jennie P. Greene, rest room ... ... 8.33
Carlisle Courtrey Home, special .... .... 50.00
Elizabeth Me Nab, home demonstration agent 124.08
Joe Baxley, chsin gang .... .......... 75.00
B. Still, chain gang .... ..... 75.00
Frankie Harley, sheriff’s clerk ..... .... 25.00
E. F. Woodward, 341.16
B. L. Fields, constable \ 14.58
G. L. Hill, magistrate 14.58
Standard Oil Co., chain gang 259.36
Vickery Bros., chain gang and poor house 4.55
R. A. Deason, chain gang ... ... 3.00
Perry B. Bush, chain gang 12.70
G. S. Harley, chain gang ^ 99.25
G. R. Peeples, chain gang 9.25
Atlantic Milling Co., chain gang — 244.75
Gaines Chemical Co., chain gang 20.00
Max Bronson, chain gang, poor house and jail 28.35
H. M. Cassels, chain gang — 55.45
Merritt Grocery Co., chain gang 72.94
Lemon Bros., chain gang, poor house and jail 114.48
J .H. Hammond, chain gang 3.00
T. A. Holland, chain garg 21.00
Henry Bradley, chain gang A 295.40
B. F. Anderson, chain gang —\ 4.00
B. W. J. Still, chain gang 323.04
Dicks Auto Co., chain gang 21.45
L. Cohen, chain gang and jail 12.38
Isaac Frederick ,chain gang 22.50
G. M. Main, chain gang and jail 112.60
W. A. Ross, State highway 53.30
H. J. Crouch, supt. of education 125.00
B. H. Dyches, sheriff, court expense, etc. 244.60
Irene H. Lemon, board of regents — 8.33
A. B. Patterson, county physician 50.00
J. M. Diamond, magistrate — 29.16
D. P. Lancaster, coroner 50.00
Sarah C. Armstrong, treas. clerk 50.00
J. B. Armstrong, county treasurer 63.89
B. H. Dyches, contingent expenses 43.43
Perry B. Bush, chain gang 260.40!
R. L. Bronson, stationery, etc. , 14.25 j
M. A. Owens, State highway 10.00 |
H. L. O’Bannon, chain gang ' 20.00 ;
L. T. Claytor, poor house and lunacy 21.66.
B. H. Dyches, dieting ri oners 48.50 j
Angus Patterson, State highway 31.00
A. S. Blanchard, lunacy 5.00
John K. Snelling, judge of probate, etc. 74.16 |
Ossie Washington, janitor —— 20.00
P. W. Price, public buildings —-— 3.00
The People-Sentinel, stationery and adv. 27.50
J. E. Owens, poor house —
S. J. Halford, poor house —
Frederick Du. Co., jail
Claama Paid Ja*. 26, 1929:
J. N. Anderson, chain gang — 4.11
T. W. Scott, chain gang
R. C. Holman, State highway 53.70
George James, janitor —■— 16.00
Cliff Robinson, chain gang
48.00
62.50
100.00
53.75
. 40.00
.Columbus Williams, chain gang —
H. D. Still, State highway —
Columbus Williams, chain gang
W. H. Duncan, chain gang
J. W. Patterson, board of county directors —« 66.66
Idis Brabham, board of county directors 16.66
G. W. Greene, board of county directors 16.66
L.| S. Still, board of county directors 16.66
R.' f R. Moore, board of county directors 16.66
Bernice Still, chain gang 75.00
Isaac Fredericks, chain gang 37.50
Joe Baxley, chain gang 75.00
A. M. Anderson, chain gang 65.00
Henry Hartzog, chain gang 100.00
N. F. Sanders, chain gang 75.00
B. -F. Baxley, 100.00
A. B. Patterson, county physician 50.00
J. S. Still, county supervisor 150.00
W. H .Manning, county auditor — — 55.55
John K. Srelling, judge of probate, etc. 64.16
Mrs. K. M. Still, State highway 50.00
George James, janitor 20.00
W. M. Jones, co. board of education 75.00
H. G. Boyiston, county farm agent 125.00
Jennie P. Greene, rest room 8.33
J. B. Armstrong, county treasurer 63.86
Sarah C. Armstrong, treas. clerk 50.00
E. E. Morris?, constable - 29.16
B. L. Fields, constable _* - — 14.58
G. R. Peeples, constable 29.16
B. W. Peeples, magistrate 29.16
J. M. Diamond, magistrate 29.16
J. W. Patterson, State highway 20.00
R. R. Moore, expense, director I___— 10.00
L. S. Still, expense, director 6.00
Frankie Harley, sheriff’s clerk 25.00
Goodfellows Club 20.00
(CONTINUED NEXT WEEK)
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M. B. Calhoun & Son
Funeral Directors and Embalmers.
Steel and Cement Vaults. Ambulance Service.
Phone 25
•. Allendale , and Barnwell
SPECIAL EXCURSION
—TO—
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Friday, May 17th, 1929
Via.
Southern Railway System
Limited to reach original atnrttng ueirt Midnght Wednesday, May 22nd,
-929. No baggage checked.
Followng round trip fares will apply from principal points—
Barnwell $15.00
Blackville 14.50
Denmarb 14.50
Edmund $13.50
Orangeburg 14.00
Aiken ..... - 15.50
See the Big League Baseball Games May 18th and 19th.
High class day coaches and Pullman cars. Tickets good on all trains
except Crescent Limited Nos. 37 and 38.
For schedules, reservations and other information, consult Ticket
Agents,—
Southern Railway System
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To\the People of Barnwell and Vicinity:
Since pAved roads and motor vehicles ha^e justified us in disre
garding distance, wc are offering our profe sional servxes, equip
ment and goo:s^ at pricer ihbt prevail in Aiigu?ia, except hearse
hire, which will be charged for by the mile travjled. We will pay
all phone messages and respond at any hour of the day or night. Mr.
N. G. W. Walker, of Barnwell, who is familiar with our business, has
kindly consented t^ give such information as you may need in noti
fying us. \ \ t
> Vi. L WUson & Son
UNDERTAKERS AUGUSTA ,GA.
L. Cohen, poor house
Reed Grocery Co., poor 1
R. A. Deason, poor house
J. C. Baxley, poor house
R. A. Ellis, poor house ..
G. C. Beck, poor house ..
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LONG TERM MONEY to LEND
6 per cent, interest on large amounts;
Private funds for small loans.|
BROW A BUSH
BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA.