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Yuletide Happiness /"'HHISTMAS time I That man ^ matt be a misanthrope, in deed, In whose breast someth!njr like a jovial feeling is not roused —In whose mind some pleasant associations are not awakened —by the annual recurrence of Christmas.—Dickens. HKY all came tumbling forth. “We re In plenty of time.** they aald. “Well,** aald one. “you know we hear so much theae daya about dolni; your Christmas shopping early that we wanted to be just as punctual.** “It‘a nice to see every one again,** Wbe of the others said. ^®0h, yea, and this cold, erfep air 1 does agree with us so well. We feel ee glowing and so full of health and ■v*ty" ▲t that the word “Olowlng** and the word '‘Health" and the word ••Oeyety" all looked so pleased. • They had come tumbling out of the dictionary where they spent a fmai deal of their time, but now they would he out all the time, they mm It was their very season. Kach had all its family along, too. They were quite large families. In feet it seemed as i though .they were .quite large enough to fill the world’s orders for them. ▲11 the •words Were feeling so There the word ^Hclly** and there as the word letoe." There were the words (<> fevia *11 “Christmas ClreenH.” TheiV whs the word ‘Tderry.” There was the word “HappyX There was the family of “Compli ments of the Season.” There were all the “Cood Wishes.” They were an enormous family. There were the words “Tuletlde” and “Christmas Day** and “Christmas Bve,” and there was family of the “Spirit of Christmas.” ; And the word “Evergreen’* came out, too, and the wordX^now” and | the words “White ChrlstmV” Then came the words “Christmas Tree” and the word “Ribbon^ had j linked arms with the word “Red.” The word “Tinsel” looked as and sparkling as could be, and iword “Stocking” Just looked though It would burst with pride. The word “Children” was rigid In jits element, and the word “Peace” •looked so happy, so relieved. The tirords “Good Will” were on hand, too. ; And all these words, such beautiful, ;happy words, had come tumbling out the dictionary to stay until the Christmas *be able to make life richer and more , beautiful for all about t he m. They will accom plish great peace time improvements and deeds. They will work to do away with poverty and trouble. That would be the most wonderful Christ mas every one in the world could give to every one else in the world. “Oh, I should like to see suspi cions and doubta put away, to set* trust and belief In people by other people. You know how one always appears one’s best with a person who thinks a lot of you—so with trust and *alth the world will think more, each of the other. * “Then, beautiful Christmas Words, we could he around so much more of the time than Just at Christmas. “There is no season,like Christmas. Rut to make the spirit of <*hriatntsa last throughout the whole year would he the greatest gift that human beings could make to Oiristmas. For years Christmas has given people cheer, happiness. Now, wouldn't It be a good Idea for people to give Christ mas s great and mighty present? “I should so lov^ to he a present to the world—a real, lasting present.” And all the words looked more de lighted than ever. “That Is a beauti ful Idea, I’eace,” they said, “and we all hope that that Idea of yours will really, reslly grow nntll all, all take you as a gift not only to themseKes hut to every one else In the whole world.” Ho the Words were ready for the great Christmas season. Hut of all of them Peace was the one hoping the greatest, greatest hope of all !' «'<X 1»». WMtrra N««apsv«r Union.) QUARTERLY REPORT CATCHES RATTLERS WITH BARE HANDS Village Won’t Believe It, So He Shows Them. there •then was over, for they {knew theyyvould be in such great They had come in plenty of tit no fear about that.’/And word “Peace r would be ao perfect,” aald i,“ “if human beings, all over world, would mak* a real friend There is no oOe who will be a makt it ao that Of troubles, agonies, miseries, wests' and destruction coming along mm be able to do greet deeds They will De Soto, WIs.—Barehanded catching of live rattlesnakes is no trick for Jo seph Wilson, known In this Mississippi river village as “the rattlesnake king.” 11? has been handling the poisonous reptiles many years, but never has a rattler bitten him. Wilson disdain* the forked stick oth er hunters of rattlesnakes In this rock, hill region use to take live specimens. The ordinary method 1* to pin the rat tlers with a stick nnd transfer them to a heavy bug. No such slow nnd careful methods for the "king.” He find* a rattler den and reaches In and picks them up about the same us another person would pick up puppies or kittens. Whether they are coiled or not makes no UITerence to him. , . Wilson asserts that not one of the thousands of rattlesnakes he has killed or taken alive bee even struck at him. Recently Wilson gave the villagers a demonstration that sent chills run ning up nnd down their spines. He had found a big den of sunken on a rocky promontory just below the vil lage. He had an order for three big snakes for n museum, so he left the three largest of the den aljVe while lie killed thirty-odd others atid clipped off their tails for the bodnty. With one of the bi^r snakes draped around his neck and another around each bare arm, Ihe snake catcher olked into tlje village. He rubbed ;e’s head against his cheeks, putdhem down ids trouser legs nnd into/^he bosom of bis shirt, let them coll at his feet and picked them up, and so on, for folly an hour. /Dr. A. T. Andrews was skeptical and Accused Wilson of hoaxing the crowd. The snake catcher borrowed a pencil and opened the snakes’ mouths to let the doctor examine fangs and poison sacs. The exhibition wbs too much for De Soto townspeople and the result was a request by the villitge board that Wilson confine his snake stunts to the area outside the limits. Be ti to be pitied. Indeed. Me better days ahead of bits. _ •• pfsperaUos for living better '* ; T! \ OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY DIRECTORS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE 30, 1929. / PERRY B. BUSH, Clerk, Board of County Directors. „ Claims Paid April 2nd: -A- V Horace Williams, chain gang $31.25 Charlie Hair, State Highway 27.20 Bank of Western Carolina, chain gang 210 74 Horace Williams, chain gang ____ 39.10 Horace Williams, chain gang 20.63 Solomon Blatt, contingent expenseg .1 116.50 J. B. Armstrong, interest on bonds 3,054.63 J. B. Armstrog, interest on bond* 2,791.47 J. B. Armstrong, interest on bonds 3,154.88 J. B. Armstrong* note and interest 26,125.00 Horace Williams, chain gang I 19.94 J. W. Patterson, county supervisor 150.00 Idis Brabham, county -director ... 16.66 R. R. Moore, county director 16.66 G. W, Greene, county jdirector 16.66 L. S. Still, county director * 16.66 Jennie P. Greene, rest room 8.33 A. B. Patterson, county physician and lunacy 55.00 John K. Snelling, judge of probate, clerk, etc. 74.16 Joe Baxley, chain gang • /___• 75.00 B. Stfll, chain gang • 75.00 Frankie Harley, ■‘heriff’s clerk ... ,25.00 A. M. Anderson, chain gang x. 65.00 N. F. Sanders, chain gang ^ 75.00 Henry Hartzog, chain gang 100.00 H. J. Crouch, supt. of education _ _. , 125.00 H. G. Boylaton, county farm agent 125.00 E. F. Woodward, chain gang 63.45 D. P. Lancaster, coroner 50.00 Perry B. Buah, director's clerk 133.33 G. M. Main, jail, etc 63.60 George James, janitor ...... .... 20.00 C. S. Buiat. magistrate 25.00 B. W. Peeples, magistrate .......... 29.16 R. B. Harden, magistrate .... 12.50 Paul Sanders, magistrate 12.50! O. W. Harley, magistrate 14.58 R. L. Wooley, magistrate ' .: 50.00 W. P. Sanders, magistrate — 29.16 H. M. Cook, magistrate's constable 14.58 L. S. Creech, mugirirate's constable ..... 12.50 V. B. Martin, magistrate’s constable 27.92 G. H. Harden, magistrate’s constable 12.50* C. L. Hiers, magistrate’s constable .. 15.83 G. R. Peeples, magistrate's constable ..... 29.16 Gt B. Parker, chain gang and constable 59.42 G. M. Hogg, magistrate’s constable J 29.16 G. L. Hill, magistrate 14.58 W. H. Dicks, chain gang 4.20 Sou. Lubricating Co.* chain gang 36.00 Joe Baxley, chain gang 2.00 H. J. Phillips, chain gang 7.33 L. Cohen, chain gang and jpil 30.57 Elizabeth McNab, home demonstration agent 124.08 L. F. Randall, poor house and jail 32.00 Walker, Evans and Coggswell C., books, etc. 232.74 R. L. Bronson, stationery , 10.75 Underwood Typewriter Co., public buildings 8.00 Carlisle Courtney Home, special 50.00 Merrit Grocery Co., chain gang 106.( Phoenix Oil Co., chain gang 49.12 H. M. Cassels, chain gang 209.15 -The PeophsHentinel, stationery and adv. , 32.00 P. W. Price, public buildings 2.75 Ej^Jdoiair, chain gang and-poor-house _ - — /v__ _ 6.75 W. 11. Manning, auditor and- clerk 105.55 Dicks Auto Uo., chaiiv gang 28.40 B. H. Dyches, dieting prisoners 15.00 Victor Lewis, county boaid of equalization 8.00 W. S. Creech, county board of equalization 16.00 R. R. Moore, county board of equalization 20.00 W. H. Manning, State highway 1 31.30 R, A. Deason, chain gang and jail 8.20 S. P. Croft, State highway 45.90 L. T. Claytor, chain gang and poor house 21.66 Max Bronson, chain gang 3.55 Vickery Bros.,/chain gang aryl poor house 91.36 O. D. Moore, poor house J 42.50 J. B. Armstrong, court expenses 18.25 Sarah 0. Armstrong, treas. clerk 50.00 B. H. Dyches, sheriff, lunacy, etc. 220.31 J. M. Halford, board of registiation 12.50 R. A. Deason, poor house 15.60 W. H. Dyches, poor house 5.00 Lemon Bros., chain gang and poor house 83.59 Reed and Creech, poor house 39.70 A. J. Owens, poor house 60.43 E. W. Holman, poor house and jail 17.30 Mutilated. J. B. Armstrong, county treasurer 68.89 J. E. Lain, county bd. of equalization *•> 46.00 L. P. Blume, county bd. of equalization 40.00 Gilmoae Harley, chain gang 27.25 Barnwell Filling Station, chain gang 50.42 Perry B. Bush, chafe gang, etc 5.67 G. R. Peeples, chain gang 17.05 C. M. Turner, co. board of equalization ... 28.0 & A* Hxir, co. board of equalization 20*00 co. boar.d of equalization 52.00 - bearrt of equalization. -------- 28.00 J. W. Sanders, co. board of equalization - 16.00 P. W. Price, co. board of equalization 25.00 A. M. Sanders, co. board of equalization and chain gang 17.00 J. F. Swett, co. board of equalization —— 12.00 D. Dicks, co. board of equalization 16.00 T. M. Willis, co. board of equalization 12.00 I. W. Rountree, co. board of equalization - - 20.00 R. R. Johnston, co. board of equalization 36.00 W. F. Bates, co. board of equalization 16.00 • A. H. Ninestein, premium on bonds .-I-- 100.00 J. C. Baxley, poor house 3.00 Farmers Union Merc. Co., poor • house 59.10 R. A. Ellis, poor house 5.00 R. R. Moore, expense as director 5.00 L. S. Still, expense as director 71717/ 5.00 B. H. Dyches, contingent expenses — 27.50 Standard Oil Co., chain gang 7. — vt— 62.02 R. L. Bryan Co., books 7 -— 455. Claims Paid May 7: i Angus Patterson, State highway 7.50 R. A. Greene, State highway 75.90 Horace Williams, chaiff gang 20.12 Horace Williams, chain gang - 14.86 Jeff Hunt Co., chain gang 3,000.00 Horace Williams, chain gang 7.50 J. B. Armstrong, interest on bonds 1,503.75 J. B. Armstrong, interest on bonds 8,357.09 Bank of Western Carolina, chain gang 279.21 J. W. Patterson, county supervisor r 150.00 Idis Brabham, county director 16.66 G. W. Greene, county director 16.66* R. R. Moore, county director 16.66 If. S. Still, county director 16.66 D. P. Lancaster,* coioner 50.00 G. M. Main, jail and jailor 63.75 John K. Snelling, judge of probate, etc. i 84.16 Jennie P. Greene, rest room . .V 8.33 Elizabeth McNab, home demonstration agent 124.08 R. B. Harden, magistrate 12.50 C. S. Buist, magistrate T _ 1 25.00 R. L. Wooley, msgistrate .... 25.00 O. W. Harley, magistrate 14.58 B. W. Peeples, magistiate 29.16 W. P. Sanders, magistrate ._..* 29.16 G. L. Hill, magistrate .. 14.5K G. M. Hogg, magistrate’s constable 29.16 Charlie Hiers, magistrate’s constable --.__7 77777 15.83 G. R. Peeples, magistrate’s constable 29.16 V. B. Martin, chain gang and constable 28.92 G. H. Harden, chain gang and constable 13.50 C. B. Parker, chain gang and constable 32.61 B. F. Anderson, co. boaid of equalization 4.00 J. E. Lain, co. board of equalization 6.00 N. F. Sanders, chain gang ... 75.00 A. M. Sanders, chain gang ... 65.00 Henry Hartzog, chain gang 100.00 Bennie Still, chain gang - 75.00 Joe Baxley, chain gang • 75.00 Smith Mfg. Co., chain gang 62.30 Mrs. R. G. Stansell, chain gang 13.50 Smith Hdw. Co., chain gang 110.84. Enterprise Hdw. Co., chain gang 20. E. F. Woodward, chain gang 93.1 E. F. Woodward, chain gang 266.70 L. Cohen, chain gang and jail ... 34.60 Farmers Union Merc. Co., chain gang and poor house -- 48.00 H. M. Cassels, chain gang „Jl. 28.00 Atlantic Milling Co., chain gang 271.50 Thorpe Book Store, court expenses 20.00 R. L. Bronson, stationery 7.66 Frankie Harley, sheriff’s clerk 25.00 A. B. Patterson, county physician aqd lunacy 65.00 B. H. Bychesir dietmg prlioDer8 -7--r—_ Ka no H. G. Boylaton, county farm agent 7 125.00 H. J. Crouch, supt, of education 125.00 Sarah C. Armstrong, treas. clerk 50.00 B. H. Dyches, sheriff and stationery 193.66 T. A. Holland, chain gang 13.75 G. R. Peeples, chain gang 11.05 T. A. Holland, Jr., chain gang ... f 49 Dicks Auto Co., chain gang 102.2> Perry B. Bush, chain gang 9.43 G. S. Hailey, chain gang — 10 50 I. H. Roseborough, chain gang 19.00 Farmers Union Merc. Co., chain gang 230.5c Lemon Bros., chain gang and jail 96.28 Vickery Bros., chain gang and poor house 94.04 Max Bronson, chain gang 16.8 > Lombard Iron Works, chain gang 98.87 Lebby Co., jail — 64.16 E. W. Holman, poor house and jail 4.30 A. D. Furtick, poor house .7 .*, 6.25 Cornelia Butler, poor house 3.50 A. J. Owens, poor house 1 . 33.76 Lemon Bros., poor house .1 ... 7 93.56 R. A. Deason, poor house — 20.00 C. F. Holair, poor house 18.60 Sarah Ray, poor house lO.dtf^ Charlie Fogler, poor house 15.0^^ G. P. Hogg, poor house 16.00 C. C. Owens, contingent and jail 13.50 H. J. Crouch, stationery .7. 22.08 J. B. Armstrong, public buildings .... 1.12 S. C. Power Co., jail, etc. • 36.56 (CONTINUED ON FOURTH PAGE)