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1*» - ' ’il tp! id n if-fr il i oNI^ I- • M tbt $A»ay (Zhrutwas Corporatioiiv iMMT UrM 1b tbe trongU. TW tr^gB wb« ■ k>w flat lying brtvrm two hlUa In Um Hvnr noctlon of ■ big city. TW bo—w wo— old and onpalntod. Poverty of nil grnd— bad huddled In the trough for tbo last fcatf-ceotary. Obriatmaa came regu larly to tbo bom— on the higher ground, but la tbo trough all days wero raa errand boy In a down- town office, and It required all of hlo *12 par week to pay tbo —at for two axnoll rooma and buy plain food for his Invalid mother, himself and two little listers. The clerks In the office wo— beginning to talk about Christ mas. gammy had never seen but one Christmas tree but be believed in j Santa Claus. He wanted a Christmas for bis mother and aisters, but Chiint- mas was not for the poor. He tried to Imagine what it would be like If Santa Claus came to the trough and brought Christmas to everybody. . To hfr. Munson, a kindly young clerk In tbo office, be confided bis wish for a Christmas in the trough. “Why 4)oot you organise.a Christmas cor- jwratlon and put on a Christmas of f 7our own?” responded Mr. Munson. He went on to explain a co-operative ^company could be organized and ^shares sold and a Christmas given to the trough with the money. You could be president, shares. And I know a rich lady, a Mrs. i Bennett, who will be here this after noon, and I will .ask bar to be gen eral manager of your corporation. The young man I will buy a few went to his desk. (took out a corpor ation 'blank and filled It out in reg ular form for a co-operative co r- poratlon. He gave It the name of “The Sammy Christmas Corpo ration,” and fixed the capital stock at $2,000, to bo subscribed at * *1 per share. Sammy was named as president, and Mr. Hanson one of the Erectors. Mrs. Bennett came during the after noon, and after she bad talked a few moments to Mr. Munson, Sammy was called over to the clerk's desk. Mr. . ^proposition and was in the heaven of delight when Mrs. to becoi hr fifty aha—a of •aid abe knew the me Dost rorgaenre xor xveueves the eongettSon, reduces complications, haat—ii recovery. W M* / ilk Two newspaper reporters came In find were told about the corporation and the proposed Christmas for the the poor. Cameras clicked, and In the morning pai>erg big headlines told the story. There was a picture of Pres ident Sammy. The article played up the story of poverty and made a plea for help. It told what was needed to make the tree a success, and pointed out that the name of Mrs. Bennett guaranteed the integrity of the cor poration. . Mammy's employer called him Into the private office and asked about the trough, about his corporation and his own family. He also subscribed for twenty-five shares In the corporation. Tbo malls commenced bringing letters with chocks for shares. President Hammy became popular In the of fice. A survey of tbo trough population was made and ap peals wero made la the big papers. Tbo uptown mer chants sent dona tions of candy and nuts. Great quan tities of toys were sent by charitable people and mer chants. With tbo cash contributed tbo mission work er bought shoes and warm stock ings. suits for boys, dresses for girls, and there was food, also orders for coal for tbo sick and the widows who lived the— with families. A tree was put up In a great vacant room and everybody In the trough turned out. The place had never seen such a Christmas before. There was candy and toys, besides clothing, for all the children. Nobody was forgot ten. The old people were made hap py. Little gifts were sent to the homes of those who were sick and not able to be present. President Sammy was the happiest of them all. His mother was the— In a new wheel chair, his little sisters received new d—sses, toys and dolls. Somebody put a suit of clothes and a warm overcoat on the tree for the president of the Sammy Christmas corporation. Addressed to Sammy was a card from his employer wlsh- *ng him a Merry Christmas and say ing that his salary had been raised $5 per week. (©. 1»*9, Western Newspaper Union.) ' gba - I For Holiday Trips WEEK-END AND OTHER SHORT TRIPS Save Money and Buy the Greatly Re duced Round Trip Tickets. TWO-DAY LIMIT TICKETS Round Trip One Fare and a Third. SIX-DAY LIMIT flCKETS Round Trip One. Fa— and a Half. t . ■ . Tickets on sale daily at any station 150 miles distance or less. COMFORTABLE-ECONOMICAL THE SAFEST WAY TQ TRAVEL Consult Ticket Agents. SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM P. W. STEVENS OPTOMETRIST Office in Jewelry Store BARNWELL, S. C. Fifteen Years a Specialist ex amining Eyes and Prescribing Glasses at Vpur Service. s Notice is hereby given to all per sons holding claims against the estate of H. W. Jones, to file them duly at tested with the undersigned Executor, at Blackville, or in the office of Judge of Probate for Barnwell County, on or befo— Tuesday, December 31st, 1929, and all persons indebted to said estate will make prompt payment to the undersigned Executor. H. WINTON JONES, Executor of the Will of ' H. W. Jones. Blackville, S. C., Dec. 12, 1929. CITATION NOTICE. . ary 1ft a penalty of tig per cent will be added, bad after March let a pen alty of idght per cent. wW be edded. After April 1st execution will be is sued against all property on which the tax has not been paid. By order of Council: , f 2t F. S. Brown, Clerk. NOTICE. =r * All persons are hereby notified not to set off any firecrackers, Roman candles,'skyrockets, pinwheels or any kind of fireworks in the fire zone of the Town of Barnwell. By order of Council: George W. Peeples, Chief of Police. CITATION NOTICE. 1 Ehe State of South Carolina, County of Barnwell. By John K, Snelling, Esqui—, Probate Judge. WHEREAS, G. S. Boynton made suit to me to grant unto him Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of Mariah Sease. THESE ARE, THEREFORE, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Ma th Sease, deceased, that they be and appear befo— me, in the 'Court of Probate, x to be held at Barnwell* S. C., on Saturday December 28th, next af ter publication thereof, at-11 o,’clock in the fo—noon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administra tion should not be granted. Given under my Hand this sixteenth day of December, Anno' Domini * John K. Snelling, Judge of Probate, Barnwell Co. Published on the 19th day of De cember, 1929, in The People-Sentinel. MASTER'S SALE. * fkining forty acras, mo— or lass, on which is skuata Springfield Church for colored people, bounded as follows: On Hie North by lands now or former ly of And—w Jesse; on the East by lands of Mrs. Cora Hill, lands now or formally of Joe McCrae, and on the West by lands of Patterson. This land having been purchased by Alex and Hagar Green from Parker. Terms of sale: Cash, purchaser .to pay for papers and revenue stamps. Successful bidder must deposit with the Master the sum of One Hundred Dollars a 8 evidence of good faith, and upon their failu— so to do the Master shall immediately or oh some. subse quent salesday re-sell said property upon like terms. G, M. GREENE, Master. Barnwell County Master’s office, December 14, 1929. day, as plaintiff’s attorney might di rect, during the legal hours of tale at risk" of the former purchaser or pur chasers. G. M. GREENE, . Master for Barnwell County^ Master’s office, Dec. 16, 1929. MASTER’S SALE. Legal Advertisements Noli— of Discharge. Notice is hereby given that I will file my final account aa Administra trix of the Estate of David Jeffcoat with the Hon. John K. Snelling, Judge of Probate for Barnwell County, State of South Carolina, upon Monday, the 16th day of December, and petition the said Court for an Order of Discharge and Letters Dismistory. Annie Lou Jeffcoat, Adasx., Estate of David Jeffcoat. Nov. 19th, 1929. NOTICE OF DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that I wil file my final account as Administra tor of the estate of J. W. C. Reed with the Hon. John K. Snelling, Judge of the Probate Court for Barnwell Coun ty, South Carolina, upon Monday, .De cember 23rd, 1929, and petition the •aid Cffiirt for an Order of Discharge and Letters Dismiaaory. R. L. REED, Admr. Estate of J. W. C. Reed. Nov. 25, 1929. Eetate Noli— to Debtors and Creditors State of South Carolina^ County of Barnwell. Court of Common Pleas. Mrs. S. R. Compton, Plaintiff, ▼s. The State of South Carolina. County of Barnwell. 1 By Johr. K. Snelling, Esq., Probate Judge. WHEREAS, Edith Ann Vickery hath J. A. Hortzog and Ethel Orubbe, Defendants. ■By virtue of a decretal order to me directed in the above entitled cause, I will sell at public auction to the high est bidder for cash, in front of the Court House at Barnwell, State and County aforesaid, on Monday, Janu- aiy 6th, 1930, the same being salesday in said month, between the legal hours of sale, the following described —al property, to-wit: All that piece, pa—el or lot of land situate, lying and being in the town of Blackville, Barnwell County, South Carolina, and bounded and measur ing aa follows: On the North by Dex ter Street mesLauring thereon 100 feet; on the East by lot now or formerly of Corley and measuring the—on 225 feet; on the South by lot now or for merly of Ethel Dublin and measuring thereon 100 feet, and on the West by lot of Lula E. Anderson and measur ing the—on 226 feet Including build ings and improvements. Terms of sale: Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers and —venue stamps. That the purchaser will be required to deposit with the Master $100.00 as a guarantee of good faith, and shpdld said purchaser fail to pay the sum of $100.00 the Master will proceed to re sell the same at the risk of the form er pu—baser. That if the purchaser should fail to pay the balance of the purchase price within fifteen days from the date of the sale, the sum of $100.00 deposited with the Master shall be forfeited as liquidated dam ages and the premises rp-sold at some subsequent salesday upon the terms and conditions o fthis decree. G. M. GREENE, Master ior Barnwell County^ Master’s office, December 14, 1929. State of South Carolina, County of Barnwell. Court of Common Pleas. Elvira R. Anderson, Plaintiff, vs. Rosa Dunbar Faust, William Dunbar, Barthwell Dunbar, Clarence S. Dunbar, Lennell A. Dunbar, Robert T. Dunbar, Rozelia Dunbar, Luray D. Snelling, Ozeen Dunbar, Hia watha D. Bush, Pearl D. Adkins, Thelma D. Williams, Thomas Cave, Carrie Cave, Isaac Cave, Ernest ali** James Cave, Eliza alias Janie M. Cave, Thomas alias Jewel Cave and Henry Cave, Defendants. By viitue of a decretal ordei< to me directed in the above entitled cause, I will sell at public auction to the high est bidder for ca.<h, in front of the Court House st Barnwell, State and County aforesaid, on Monday, January 6th, 1930, the same being salesday in said month, between the legal hours of sale, the following described real property, to-wit: All that piece, parcel or tract of land, in above named county and State and in Richland Township, and con taining one hundred fifty (150) acrea, mo— or leas, and bounded as follows: On the North by lands of Mrs. James Killings worth; on the East by lands •f Kendall Company; on the South by lands of R. I. Cave and on the West by lands of M. O. Wall, being the same tract of land purcVased by Isaac Dunbar from V. V. Holman. Terms of sale: F*or cash and pur chaser to pay for papers and —venue stamps and the sue—ssful bidder to depoeit with the Master the sum of two hundred dollars aa evidence of good faith, and in case he or she fails or refuses so to do, then the said property shall be immediately re-sold by said Master on the same salesday or on. a omesubsequent aaleaday, as plaintiff’s attorney might direct, dur ing the legal hour* of sale, at risk of the former purchaser. # G. M. GREENE, ' Master for Barnwell County. Master’s office, Dec. 16, 1929. MASTER’S SALE. MASTER’S SALE. The State of South Carolina, County cf Barnwell. Court of Common Pleas. Mrs. Josephine Woodward, Plaintiff, vs R. L. McLean, Jessie Allen McLean, Heler McLean, Frankie Hastings McLean, Delmar McLean, Fred Mc Lean, Louise McLean and Griffin McLean, Defendants. By virtue of a decretal order to me directed in the above entitled cause, I will sell at public auction •fco the high est bidder for cash, in front of the Court House at Barnwell, State and County aforesaid, on Monday, January 6th, 1930, the same being salesday in said month, between the legal hours of sale, the following described real property, to-wR: . _ All that tract of land situate, lying and being in Four Mile Township, Barnwell County, South Carolina, with the buildings thereon, contain ing two hundred -and eighty-four (284) acres and bounded North by lands of Ed Weaver, East by lands of Jessie Farmer and lands of Carrie J. Ashley, South by right-of-way of A. C. L. Railway and by lands Carrie J. Ashley and Northwest public road leading from Robbins^ South Carolina, to Carrie J. Ashley’s Home Place, which separatee this land from lands of Ed Weaver. Terms of sale: For cash, and pur chaser to pay for papers and —venue stamps and the successful bidder is required to deposit with the Master the sum of two hundred dollars, as .evidence df good faith, and in case he or she fails so to do, the said property shall be immediately re-sold by said Master on the same salesday or on some subsequent convenient salesday, as plaintiff’s attorneys might direct, during the legal hours of sale, at the risk of the former purchaser. G.. M. Greene, Master, Barnwell County. Master’s office, Dec. 16, 1929. MASTER’S SALE State of South Carolina, County of Barnwell. Court of Common Pleas. A Guaranty United States Fidelity Company, vs. J. C. Turner, Plaintiff, Defendant. MASTER’S SALE. BltMer Irrititioa If functional Bladder Irritation disturbs your sleep, ceuses Burning or Itching Sensation, Backache or Leg Pains, mahtng you feel tired. end discouraged, why raatfj made suit Jto me to grant unto her Letters of Administration of the Es tate of and effects of J. Jay Vickery; THESE ARE, THEREFORE, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred end creditors of the said J. Jay Vickery, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Barnwell, S. C. on Tuesday, Dec. 24, next after pub lication thereof* at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if ar.y they have, why tbe said Administration should not be granted. Given under my Hand this 10th day of December, A. D. 1929. JOHN K. SNELLING, Judge of Probate, Barnwell Co. Published on the 12th day of De cember, 1929, in The People-Sentinel. TOWN TAX NOTICE. try Oatoi 46 Hour Teat" Don’t give up.' Get Cyatea tori ay at for Put It to it U It Taxes due the Town of for the year ending Nov. 1,: paid at the Clerk’s off 1st, 1980, Barnwell State of South Carolina, County of Barnwell. Court of Common Pleas. Gertrude Green, Idella Gadsten, Mary Stevenson, Clara Brown, Ella Davis, Fairy Green, C. P. Green and Spur geon Green, Plaintiffs, vs. Marion Green and The People’s Bank of Bamberg, * Defendants. By virtue of a decretal order to me directed in the above entitled cahse, I will sell at public auction to the high est bidder for cash, in front of the Court House at Barnwell, State and County aforesaid, on Monday, Janu ary 6th, 1980, the same being salesday in said month, between the legal hours of sale, the following described' reaf property, to-wtt: All that piece, parcel or tract of By virtue of a decretal order to me directed in the above entitled cause, I will sell at public auction to the high est bidder for cash, in front of the Court House at Barnwell, State and TTounty aforesaid, on Monday, January 6th, 1930, .the same being salesday in said month, between the legal hours of sale, the following described real property, to-wit: All that ceitain tract, parcel qr piece of land situated and lying in Barnwell County, South Carolina, and containing forty-nine (49) acres, more or less, and bounded as follows: On the North by lands of C. F. Rizer; South by lands of S. E. Creech; West by lands of Annie L. Creech or tract No. 4 (4) of this sub-division, and on the East by lands of Eva A. Creech or tract No. 2 (2) of thi* sub-division; this being ftact No. 3 <3) of the di vision of the J .F. Creech estate, more fully known or shown by reference to a plat 4 made by J. V. Mace, surveyor, and —corded in the office of the Clerk of Court for Barnwell County in plat book number 9P at page 55. 1 Terms of sale: For cash and pur chaser to pay for paper* and —venue stamps and the soccamful bidder to deposit with the said Master the sum of two hand—d dollars aa evidence of good faith, and in caee he or the fails or State of South Carolina, County of BamwoH—Court of Common Pleas. Metropolitan Life Insurance Com pany, Plaintiff, versus Walter C. Cunningham and Swift A Company Fertiliser Works, Defendants. By virtue of a decretal order to me directed in the above entitled cause. I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, in front of the Court House at Barnwell, State of South Carolina, on Monday, January 6, 1930, the same being salesday in eaid month, between the legal hours of sale, the foJlowing described real property, to-wit: *•*- .All that certain tract or parcel of land, with the improvements thereof situate, lying and being about miles South of the Town of Willist in Williston Township, Barnwell Coun ty, South Carolina, containing two hundred fifty-nine (259) acres, more or less, bounded on the North byv^ lands now or formerly of Q. A. Ken nedy, on the East by the lands now or formerly of Q. A. Kennedy and by the waters of Old Ashley Mill Creek, which separates said tract of land from the lands now or formerly of Mrs. Bertha S. Kennedy, on the South by the waters of the W. T. Riley Mill Pond, formerly known as Bryant Weathersbee Mill, and on the West by the public road leading from Wil liston to the W. T. Riley Mill Pond and lands of M. C. Kitchings and Mrs. ' R. L. Hair; and lands now or former ly of Charlie Martin; said tract of " land having such shapes, courles, dis tances and boundaries as are shown upon a plat of survey thereof made t>y J* T. Wise, C. E., dated January, 1924, and filed for record in the office of the Clerk of Court for Barnwell County, South Carolina; this being the same tract of land heretofore con veyed to W. C. Cunningham by Mrs. Ellen H. Wise by her deed dated De cember 19th, 1918, and recorded on December 19, 1918, in Deed Book 8-P, page 319, Barnwell County Records. Terms of sale: Cash, purchaser to pay for paper* and —venue stamps. No bid wHl be accepted by the Mooter until a cash deposit as earnest mo^l% of one hundred fifty ($150.00) 1M& lara hat bean made. Said sum shall be forfeited and applied to coats and plaintiff* judgment if a compliance with the sale is not had within fifteen day* from the date thereof. G. M. GREENE* for Barnwell