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TWBarawB PcopU-Sentinel JOHN w. HOLMES Bb. UM—mi . m in the Air % P. DAVIES, Editor Proprietor. ^DlUred at the poet office at Barnwell S. C., as second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Dm Tear J- $160 Six Months - .90 Three Months J60 (Strictly In Ad ranee.) THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26. 1929 afcaqpBsaa ssss Commander Byrd is an American by birth, but his ways are quite Pol ish. By the way, what, if anything, ever becaiqe of Prof. Scopes of “monkey trial” fame? i A profes&or says radio is killing jasz. We doubt it, but if so it is justifiable homicide. *4 \ Unfortunately for Tech, the Geor gia player who intercepted & pass ran in the right direction. Just to be nice and friendly, why doesn't Mr. Stimson tell the Russians to go ahead and fight? It would also be enlightening if psychologist* would tell us how they g«t that way themselves. Wm. McNAB HEALTH AND ACCID] INSURANCE COMPANIES. ■ttwtkn (Inn Ml bad OEM, in Harriaon Block, Mate H BARNWELL. 1 C 66 6 Is a Prescription for Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue, Bilious Fever and Malaria. f\ It is the most speedy remedy known. NOTICE! VTS 4U 0VE£ THt OlAL J»! % V’l, I, 3 ' i \\ TO - iainst Hunting Fishing & Trapping Any person or persons entering upon the lands hereinafter referred to, situate in Barnwell, Richland and Red Oak Townships, for the purpose of hunting, fishing or trapping, will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law: * ' ~ fS M ESSf HACA TEft 6ET 'arted r.M.o.) Mrs. Flossie Smith 1,000 W. H. Duncan I 405 Mrs. Kate M. Patterson 3,000 Dur.carnon Place 1,650 Mrs. Jane R. Patterson 1,000 Sweet Water Place 500 John K. Snelling 100 Barnwell Turpetine Co: Simmos Place 450 Middleton Place 300 Mote Holley .-..--150 S. B. Moseley 100 J. M. Weathersbee 572 Estate of H. A. Patterson— 2,000 Joseph E. Dicks - 800 R. C. Holman 4( A. A. Richardson 1,< Lemon Bros. 150 Bruce Place 500 B. L. Easterling Cave Place — 200 J. P. Harley 3— 150 L. W. TilljU^L- 160 H. L. O’BaJBf. 72 Hariet Hous^ff 150 GEO. H. WALKER,'Owner ANGUS PATTERSON, Mgr. Barnwell, S. C., Sept. 3, 1929. The lady who insists on telling about her operation has a sister who has just seen a swell show. Don't be discouraged if your son is a moron. He may be a great success in getting up intelligence teats. This ia the r time of year when cer tain editors make a fearless crusade against the use of the word “Xmas." Women rule a certain tribe of In diana in Peru, which indicate! that American civilisation s spreedng Convincing proof that detective •lories are real Action is given by Ike ending in which the criminal is emagkt poetic nkill. Horses were washed and bled on the day following Christmas, as a means of perserving them from harm. The mythical Santa Claus has been known by many names—Krig Krmgfe, St. Nicholas, Knecht Ruprecht, Robin Goodfellow ind others. In Germany, a Christmas visitor known as Kism- pue, sn ugly dwarf, was supposed to carry off naughty children. Christmas was not adopted as a regular festival by the Christian church until the fourth bentury, since which time its observance has spread throughout the civilised world carry ing its message of “Peace on earth; good-will toward men.” A fellow trying to flirt with his •taaegrapher across a desk might be •aid to be engaged in a sedentary pur- New Heart Stieiolant the law should call special meetings of legislatures and have all 4 the bonds issued that can possibly be sold, loaned or hypothecated. It won’t be any trou ble to spend the money thus raised. And we’ll be employed! Tit arrangement is entirely satis factory to me. But as I am not kin to any politician or office-holder or high way commissioner, 1 guess 1 will Hava to starve . as I won't be able to get s job. It take* just oodles and oodles of jobs to get the relatives and friends Axei, and there aint many things the common every-day man can do, except haul sand and dig ditch^g . . . . at s dollar a day. rr fa letter to a Confederate soldier wp la Memphis 62 years after - mailed. Which la about right ebatamed a bill for a war debt We read that 90 Philadelphia boys composing a harmonics band were Mfctduled to serenade President Hoo- eer The penalty of greatness is •omething fierce. President Angell of Yale, who hai great confidence i nambitious youth, •ays “The boy who is determined to go to the devil will in all probability accomplish his purpose. A Texas newspaper record* that Ales Shott and John Nott fought a piltol duel, in which curiously •nough, Nott wss shot and Shott was •ot In other words, the shot Shott •hot shot Nott. / Christmas Lore*. —-- Christmas i s observed in commem oration of the birth of Jesus Christ, but it is really a day set apart for the celebration of an event rather than an actual anniversary. While among the masses Christmas is sup posed to be the birthday of the Sav- ior ? scholars and educated persons generally understand that the day, or «ven the year, cf Christ’s birth is not ^definitely known. : The date, December 25th, approxi mates that of the Roman Saturnalia, the winter festival of the heathen Britons, the Scandinavian Yule and the later Roman festival of the sun- god Mithra. Christmas having become through the centuries an almost universal fes tival, it is but natural that many odd <UBtoms and superstitions N should "have been connected with it s obser- "Vajice in various countries and at va- tious periods. One of the oldest superstitions was that animals were endowed with the power of speech on Christmas. Ac cording to another, persons bom on that day were destined to be lucky •H their lives. A Polish version was that what one did on Christmas would tro his actions during the follow- to an ancient belief, each used fbr decorative it Christmsstide conferred on those who passed HPamfer holly Another discovery which may prove a great boon to humanity is reported from Calcutta by the noted Indian •cieRUet, Sir Jagadaah Boa*, who claims to have developed a powerful heart stimulant which has restored life after all heart action had ceased The new dr\g la derived from a plant found in the Himalaya moun tain a, and its discoverer predicts that it will in time supersede such heart ■timuianta aa strychnine and digitalis. Information concerning the new stimulant i »a« yet meager, but Sir Jagmdash's scientific reputation it said to be such as to inspire confidence that a movt valuable therapeutic agent has been developed. Mr. Ford has already promised to raise the wages of all his employees. 1 He’s going at it wrong. He oaght to see that the wage* of the guys who | buy his cars are raised. The nut turn- ' ers and hole borers and fender makers I mebbe get less. ; are being paid a living wage as It is. | But Mr. Ford is fair in connection ' with his promises: he explained that I hts factories are closed down now, tak ing stock and wiping up the machin ery, but aa soon as bssinees justifies it, he will finish “rubbing” and go back to work. Then the high salaries will start. Cotton Letter. New York, Dec. 28.—By reason of southern selling, amplified by west ern straddling and the growing scar city of whiskey In Washington (since the senators and congressmen went home) January sold off to a new low in sympathy with the form re lief board. Due td tba 6-weeks period of cold, wet, rainy, snowy, sleety weather juct ended, the government’s estimate will poasibly show an in crease of about 500 thousand bales, exclusive of (inters, counting round bales and some hay, therefore—a fur ther decline in spots teems to b available if the call money rate is lowered ao’s it can be loaned. Since the recent slump in stocks, the popu lation of the asfhdns, penitentiaries, pocrhouseS' jails and cemeteries has increased about 6 per cent, and this has caused a shrinkage in cotton night shirts that will ba felt all over. We think beat to hold • while and : LONG TERM MONEY to LEND |D 6 percent, interest on large amounts* Private funds for small loans. BROWN & BUSH BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. TREASURER’S TAX NOTICE Why Women Are Late. From time immemorial hu'bands have complained of the long time it tock their wives to dress; men have observed that women did not heed the flight of time, but carried on seemingly interminable telephone con versations without raizing how long they talked and so on. This apparent lack of regard for time by the fair sex has been the source cf endless comment—often pro fane. But now it has all been ex plained, thanks to modern psycholo gy. Exhaustive tests conducted at Johns Hopkins University show that w’omen just naturally cant help it. They don’t realize the meaning of “tempus fugit.” These tests developed the fact that women on an average estimate the time it takes them to perform a given ta-k at about one-half the actual time required. Dr. Isabel Stewart, who conducted the tests, which were made with 1,084 students, both men and women, said: “Men estimate more accurately. The inaccuracies of women imply that time really seems shorter to women than to men.” Which recalls the joke of ,a para- grapher who wrote: “Married men do not live longer; it just seems long er.” The farmers will be directed also to get busy. They thould take this dull time to build bams and paint houses The proposed 160-mill-on-dollar “tax cut” proposed by congrvsi will bene fit less than one-tenth of 1 per cent of the taxpayers of the United States. The taxes which must be pttd on farm lands and sales and dwelling* end cuthouaes, eac., will remain the same, unless they go higher. This "cut” will help the man who is al ready making mors money than he can decently spend. The “painful** tax is the local tax levied on property, and not on incomes. That kind of tax and erect fences. You see. a farmer can vote a few thousand dollar* worth I more than doubled faring tht m I Nobody’s Business * By Gee McGee. / / ) / Hoover Prosperity, Omtinued. Here’s hoping that ifr. Hoover's plan to maintain (?) prosperity <**) win pan out. The town sand the dtiee of bonds on his farm, and by this method he can keep all of his tenants 3 S busy as a bee at fancy wages till tunes get better. He can make hie hena lay faster and his cows give more milk and his dogs catch more rabbits and his pig root deeper than ever. If the country is saved, according to the republican*, we must cooperate till the farm relief board disbands. The garages should put in new ma chinery and work longer on the cars of their customers. Extra help must be hired at all filling stations. Now is the time to build bigger and bettv-r movie and talkie houses. Folk* snould shave and shine oftenej*. Hotel pa trons should order porterhouse steaks instead of soup. Installment agents must call on their slaves 3 times a week, and not twice as at present. past 15 years, and the end ain t yet. Citizens of the United States: Put your shoulder* to the wheel. Help Mr. Hoover with his wave of piosperityv Mr. Mellon has promised to reduce the income tax rate. That will help him and Mr, Rockefeller/and the like. Lo cal taxes shall be raised so’s enough money can be paid in by the folks who are able to pay, as t)ie other half can’t pay any at al^l And while all of this is going on, the price of cotton and catton-seed/and other farm produce foil continue to decline in sympathy with stocks. (I respectfully ask that Mr.* Hoover democrats not read this article. I don’t want to make them feel any worse.) There are two things I have never been guilty of, visxly: writing poetry and gambling in stocks. * It takes sense to wirte poetry and dollars to gamble, therefore—my two reasons of tbs 1 don't want to appear serious all of a sudden, but this long-dreas style seems to be an inevitable menace. Knee* are gradually disappearing in spite of their beauty. Unless she’s sitting dowp, there ain’t much use to gaze even now. I never seriously objected to this change when the thing wa s first proposed, but I un- deistood then that the skirts would be only one-fourth of an inch longer, but derned if it don’t look to me like it is* nearer a half inch. Well, the style producers have to have some thing to hem and ha about. Uncle Joe is thinking seriously of going in to the air (hot-air) service, that is—he is laying his plans to run for the legislature next yearl He has been flying around some already, and nearly a dozen men have agreed to vote for him if he will veto the stamp tax on plug tobacco and snuff, all of which he promises. Uncle J^e is all wrought up about taxes and believes they ought to be repealed except on rich folks and “coppera- tions.” Really and truly, Uncle Joe sounds right politick-ey to me, and if he will keep on cussing the govern ment and congress and the League of Nations, and learn how to eat with a knife and for.k, and stop snoring, he will turn out to be the people’s friend when he lands in the House. (This does not mean poor house.) The County Treasurer's offke will be open from September 15th, 1929, to March 15th, 1990, top collecting 1929 taxes, which include real and personal property, poll and road tax. AU taxes due aad payable between September 15th and December Slat, 1929, will be collected without penalty. AU taxes not paid at stated will be subject to penalties aa provided by law: January let, 1990, one per cert, will be added. February 1st, 1980, two per cent, will be added. March 1st to 15th, 1990 seven per ceaL will be added. Exe rations will be placed la the hands of the Sheriff for collection 1 af ter March 15th, 1930. When writirg for amount of taxea, be sure and give school district if property ia in more than oae school district. AU personal checks given for taxes will be aubjeci to collection. ►* c s 5 C/l -c ■r o | * s c ? 1 ||| 8 1 JC 1 oae *« *5 IS a I a c O 1 • o £ 09 0. o 03 •J * MONEY TO LOAN Loans made same day No Red Tape HARLEY A BLATT. No. 24—Ashleigh - 5 10 ! 12 1 1 1 3 1 4 12 | 47 No. 23—Barbary Branch . 5 i° 12 i j 3 *. 4 30 65 No. 46—Barnwell ... 5 10 10 ( 12 1 3 4 ' 29 1 64 No. 4—Big Fork 5 12 1 1 j 3 4 18 53 No. 19—Blaekville 1..... 5 io ; - 10 12 1 1 3 4 31 66 No. 35—-Cedar Grove h 6 i 12 I 1 j 8 1 4 28 - 63 No. 50—Diamond 1 5 | 10 12 1 3 4 14 49 No. 20—Double Pond ... 5 . 10 1 12 1 | 3 4 19 54 No. 12—Dunbarton 5 10 12 1 1 3 4 i 27 62 No. 21—Edisto .4 5 10 1 12 1 3 4 9 44 No. 29—Elko j— 5 10 | 12 1 3 4 30 j 66 No. 53—Ellenton 5 10 12 1 3 4 11 46 No. 11—-Four Mile ... 5 10 12 1 3 1 4 '1 H 49 No. 39—Friendship 5 10 12 1 3 j 4 14 49 No. 16—Green's 6 10 12 | 1 3 4 20 66 No, 10—Healing Springs. 5 1 10 12 1 3 4 20 56 No. 23—Hercules 5 10 12 1 3 4 27 62 No. 9—Hilda" zx:: 10 3C 11 a 4 36 70 No. 52—Joyce Branch __ 5 10 12 t 1 3 4 26 61 No. 34—Kline 5 10 12 1 j 3 4 18 53 No. 82—Lee’s .......... 6, io 12 1 3 4 -10-J l .45- No. 8—Long Branch 5 10 . 12 1 3 .4 17 52 No. 54—Meyer’s Mill 5 10 12 1 3 4 26 61 No. 42—Morris 5 10 12 1 3 4 14 49 No. 14—Mt. Calvary 5 10 . 12 1 3 4 28 “ 63 No. 25—New Forest 5 10 12 1 3 4 28 63 No. 88—Oak Grove 1 5 10 12 1 3 : 4 19 54 No. 43—Old Columbia — 5 10 12 1 3 4 - ' 26 61 No. 13—Pleasant Hill ... 5 10 12 1 3 4 15 50 No. 1—Red Oak . 6 10 12 1 3 4 16 51 j No. 15—Reedy Branch _ 5 10 12 1 3 4 21 ’ 56 No. 2—Seven Pines 5 10 12 1 3 1 4 *12 47 No. 40—Tinker's Creek . 5 10 12 1 3 I 4 17 52 No. 26—Upper Richland . 5 10 12 1 3 1 4 26 61 No. 29—Willisten ... X 10 12 3 4 32 67 The commutation road tax of $3.00 must be paid by all male citizens between the ages of 21 and 55 years. All male citizens between the, ages of 21 and 60 years are liable to poll tax of $1.00. r*- Dog Taxes for 1929 can be paid at the same time other taxes are paid. It is the doty of each school trustee in : each school district to see that this tax is collected or aid the Magistrate in the enforcement of the provisions of this Act. Checks wiU not be accepted for taxes under any circumstances ex cept at the risk of the taxpayer.—(The County Treasurer reserves the right to hold ell receipts paid by check untU said checks have ben paid.)