Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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EABNWSLU SOUTH CAROLINA THUMDAT, APRIL %L IMR match to a«e if he had any faa and ha S fore they were 19 years old back ■A Nobody’s Business By Gee McGee. We See Throufh It Now. When those tong dresses first came emt, I, like many other men, felt OMbrose and down in the mouth, but after finding that they 'Were 23 per cent thinner than the short dresses of Hst s9a?on—I decUfed that the change wasn’t so bad. And another thing: you’ve no doubt noticed that the said dresses ain’t short all around—they are scalloped and split And splintered and jaggered so that the knees are a bit more visible tharf •over before. Will some of you gen tlemen kindly lend me a handker chief to wipe off my spec's? did. His barns are serious but the doc tors think that he will recover. He will lose his little mustache and a cel luloid collar and possibly one eye. Hia hair was so tightly glued to his skull with mange cure it did not catch fire. He is figuring on getting a gasoline gauge for hi a car when he gets well. then.) I had heard of underwear but had never seen any until I bought that union suit. The man stung me for 39 cents, but they were fleece lined. I called the family around me and showed them ttff garmerit. Thla union suit was a thing of beauty and was marvelously made. It had ribbed Mr. O. I. C. Howe is dangerously! * leeve11 the wrist * n d the ankles hurt. About noon Sunday he tried to' were similarly knitted. It had a row rim under a train at Deadman’s Cut,' 0 * buttons up and down the front as but he had his top up and did not make l° n £ 88 fro* 11 here to the front door it. Two passenger car trucks ran over an< ^ they were every one solid pearl, his left leg and cut it off. All 9 of his Yumg Maw Slightly Wounded. Rube Still, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Still, of Barnwell, wounded himself slightly with a pistol in the upper left arm late Sunday afternoon at the home of his parents. He was given iroroadiate medical attention and was out again Monday morning. fruit jars of hootch were a total loss. That union suit was a cross betwixt It seems that he had been running un- 8 8T re y and a brown in color, or what der trains at this crossing for several the ladies would call a taupe or a Hoo Respectfully Submitted. At a meeting of the “Forward Movement Club” of our city last night, the following petition was circulated and signed by the members present and will be sent to Washington at once: weeks, but the railroad company is swinging coaches a little bit lower and that’s what they will have to explain to the jury when Mr. Howe sues for $50,000.00 damages. ver Copenhagen today. It was faced where the button-holes came thru with satin or some other fine cloth. It had a plaited collar that fitted snugly a- round the goozler. The right leg was just a fraction longer than the left Mi» Same Gi^le, Min Julia Paint- le * was - but 1 think thst discrepancy er and their escorts. Tom and Bob was taused by brothers P ullin * at Driver, were brought to the hospital tbem to see whether tbe fleece was in a dazed condition yesterday (Sun-. composed of cotton or wool. Dear Congress: We, the undersigned taxpayers and Installment buyers of the United States, hereby petition your honorable body to rule against and regulate the few irregularities recited below: day) afternoon. They were in a hurry to get as far away from home as pos sible by night and in ♦rving to pass am other car en route to the same place, their Ford roadster turned turtle with serious consequences. It appears that Bob lost control of Sallie who was sit- thing in his lap at the time he tried to pass the other car and while grabbing for her, the steering wheel twitched. 1. Deed, transfer, assign and give tbe present highways of the country to the big bus and truck lines now hog ging same and construct other roads for the use of the people and Fords generally, or require the said busses and trucks to use wheels a little bit higher so’s the average automo bile can run under them and get by without getting wrecked or otherwise killed. I woie them that night and prayed for it to snow. I was so proud I slept but very little and what little sleep ing I did do was out from under the cover. I wanted to show the weather that I was independent and didn’t care any more about zero than I did about temperatuie and came the morning! I discovered when 1 took them off for a few minutes to fix a little ripped place ^ , ,11° rear that a good deal of the Of the 29 patients received at the i « A u j * i / u 4 I fleece had come off and fell on the hospital last Sunday only 28 of them; were injuied by automobiles and whis-j f* key. The other fellow h«d .n kc1- ( w ,n J coml ^, my hair an( ] jjAfcat 2. Eliminate all legislative bodies and forbid further assemblages of the •ame, and hire a good bookkeeper to locate In the respective state hoyaes of the 48 states now busted, and {Ren have all state colleges, penitentiaries and other eleemosynary institutions to wiite the said bookkeepers each De cember how much money they think they will need, and let him levy and aaaes* and tax everything whatsoever and wheresoever till he get* the cash and he can send each of them a train- load of 106-dollar bill* every 2 weeks to keep them a-going, especially the colleges. The other fellow dent with a rolling pin while his wife was cooking breakfast. It seems that he was trying to get her consent to ride over to Hootstown to spend the t day instead of going to church where she sings in the choir—and before he knew it, the «aid rolling pin kissed him on the mug just above his left ear. He will recover but will possibly at tend church more willingly in the fu ture. Farm Hints. flat rock. s. C. apull 21, 1930. deer mr. editor:— hill jones told me yestiddy that he went to yore off is to subscribe to yore paper so’s he could get to read my let ters anst forth from day to day and you told him to ask me to rite some farm hints fiom my community and i will do so as followers: it full of lard and greased my old bro- gans with skimmings from the dish water. I brushed up my jeans suit and put on my shirt that laced up in front. Of course, I had on my union suit to begin with. I tightened up my gallusses a« much a s possible so’s they would lift my britches high enough for my underwear to be seen above my sox. 1 pulled the union suit sleeves down below my wrist knuckles where every body could find out what I had on. 3. Make it a misdemeanor punish able by imprisonment on a farm for any so-called man or individual to get upon a stump or anything that looks like a stump and proclaim himself a would-be public servant and if the peo ple will only vote for him he will do thi< and that for them, intimating ami Insiiiuaiicg that if elected, he will re duce taxes, cut out graft, stop steal ing himself, stamp out illiteracy, help the poor and force the rich to do all the “coughing up.” In other words, outlaw political proclivities, as it were. I went to church and the new 8 of my union suit had already got there 1 had to go down in the woods behind the graveyard and show all of the boys just what it was all about. One feller offered me 3 pieces of cross vine and some rabbit tobacco to let him wear them an hour or so, but nary a boy ev er got that opportunity. I was the . t t . , talk of the community for week* and ■ right im.rt of plowing ha, boon wpek , by ** and wher< , , don,, up to thm time onner count of, ^ out .. any guy that h , d , fine weather not long igo but line. It gir| Tim< , went „„ thp union , uit ha« rained, the ground has benn wet. j. j w * a-h »• # , ! disappeared, but my memory still lin- the farmer* all teem to have forgot ; g( . rs , wwt|y „„ that „ f pcrfect al-out loaing their crop, la.t yr. when b|| „ amJ comfort the price broke in sympathy with wall + + -m ,t,eet which butted alleo. j T(( G|r , si|vpr Tet Frjd , y p M 4. Require flappers to first determ ine that a man’s wife ijt not in sight bafore she walks up to within one- aixteenth of an inch of him and be- *ins to trot her finger< up and down liis tummy as if she were counting his •vest buttons, and if she must l>egin to pick hair 8 and specks off his coat, put teeth in the law and make her do the said innocent man this favor in pri vate rooms and lobbies instead of in ‘public places on the street and in front of picture shows like she done last Friday afternoon. (This means a bet ter ‘government for us all if the pe tition is respected and acted upon.) Si me ferty lize has been hailed out i and scattered but i don’t know till yet ; how the feller* managed to get same, j all 19 of the fedral land bank farms , in this Action will use 8-3-3 but the | 14 farms belonging to the insurance companies has settled on 8-4-4. they look more libral to their tennants than the fedral land bank do. i live on the jones farm which be longs to the state as she sold same 2 yr. hence for taxes and i will hafter look out for my self as the state don’t know yet that annyboddy lives oa same. suppose i wiil use about 75 pounds of 8-2-2 to the aker if i can get same on a third mortgage on crops and 1 mule and 1 beef waggin, but i have not tride so far. Mi The moon is all set right now for corn planting provided the farm relief board does not object to coin being planted this year. Each grain of corn should have the back-end thereof pointed toward the moon and it is placed in the ground and to obtain the best results, always plow the left hand furrow first and then plow the right hand furrow. A nice grave-yard rab bit foot in your pocket while planting com will give you a much larger ear and the fodder will be easier for your wrife to pull. a man who works in the ferty live factory told me that 8-2-2 was all right for cotton and corn as well as small grain which i have not got as it is took eff the same pile a s 8-3-3 and the 8 stand? for sand and 1 of the 2’s stands for fish and the ether 2 stands for cinny mid which ain’t much for am monier and the ballance of the stuff is some more sand, it has ground up cinders in it allso to make it scatter better, v 'V v Hospital News. (Monday Morning.; "Mr. Hellova Hurrie is resting fairly well. He beat a train to the crossing about 7 o’clock Sunday morning—just ia time to meet the cow-catcher. A great gash was cut in his sltsmmick and it was first feared that his brain was misplaced, but he ia apparently he is unconscious. He brought to the hospital by a boot legger who always waits for the train Jimmie Saphead had a had night, starting to the mountains » struck a i thought once of joining the h-4 club but that is high class farming and they watch a feller so close that he don’t stand much chance over the rich boys who gets more guanner than others, i wont to plant good seed s if i can borry same till next fall at 1 peck extry to the bushel, so if you happen to know annyboddy who has planting seed, both com and cotton, to ex change for more of same when i pick and pull next fall, plese tell them to rite or foam me when to call and take over sed stuff. yores trulie, . mike Clark, rfd. Building Fund Group No. 6, cf the Barnwell Baptist Church, will give a Silver Tea at the Circle Inn to-mor row (Friday) afternoon, beginning at four o’clock Mrs. Leighton Laird is leader of this group, and Mrs. W. C. Milhous, sub-leader. A cordial invi tation is extended to everybody to at tend the tea. ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel Clemson College Scholarship Examinations. Nine •Tenths Preventable Nine-tenths of all the diseases of the American people can be traced directly to constipation, doctors say. Constipa tion throws into the system poisons which taint and weaken every organ of the body and make them easy victims for any germs which attack them* Prevent constipation and you will avoid nine-tenths of all diseases, with their consequent pain and fi nancial losses. Herhine. the good old vegetable cathartic, will prevent con stipation in a natural, easy and pleasant way. Get a bottle today from R. A. Deason, Barnwell, S. C. Epps’ Pharmacy, Blackville, S. C. Competitive examinations for the awaid of vacant scholarships in Clem son College will be held on Friday, July 11th, 1930, beginning at 9 A. M., by each County Superintendent of Ed ucation.. These scholarships will be open to ycung men sixteen years of age or over, who de?ire to ♦ pursue courses in Agriculture and Textiles. Scholaiship* are awarded by the State Board cf Education on the recom mendation of the State Board of Pub lic Welfare. Persons interested should write the Registrar for infbmihtion and appli cation blanks befoie the time of the examinations. Successful applicants must meet fully the requirements for admission. Each scholarship is worth $100.00 and free tuition, which is $40.00 addi tional. For further information write— THE REGISTRAR. Clemson College, S. C. 4-20—6-22—6-30 My First Real Joy. The happiest day of my life was that Saturday afternoon when I came home from a country store with my first suit of underwear. I was just budding into manhood. (They didn^t bed be- ‘The Rata Around My Place Were Wise,** Says John Tuthill. “Tried everything to kill them. Mixed poison with meal, meat, cheese, etc. Wouldn’t touch it. Tried RAT-SNAP. Inside of ten day s got rid of all rats.** You don’t have to mix RAT^SNAP with food. Saves fussing, bother. Break a cake of RAT-SNAP, lay it where rats scam per. v You will see no more. Three sixes, 36c, 66c, $1.26. Sold and guar anteed by Deason’a Drug Store and The Best Pharmacy, Barnwell. Luke Reilly Says, “The Rat Died Be fore Reaching the River.” “Since moving near the river two years ago, we’ve always used RAT- SNAP. Watched a vicious water rat, nibbling at RAT-SNAP outside the house. About 15 minutes later he darted off for the water to cool his burning stomach, but he died before reaching it.” Three sizes, 35c, 65c, $1.25. Sold and guaranteed by The Best Pharmacy and Deason’s Drug Store, Barnwell. Upl Advertisements Notice of Discharge. Notice is hereby given that I will file my first and final account as Ad ministratrix of the estate of W. A. Bailey, with the Hon. John K. Snel- ling, Judge of the Probate Court for Barnwell County, State of South Caro lina, on or before Tuesday, the 20th day of May, 1930, and petition the said Court for an Order of Discharge and Letters Dismissory. CAROLINE S. BAILEY, Administratrix of the Estate of W. A. Bailey. SHERIFF’S SALE. NOTICE! I have icceived $11,965.00 to be dis bursed among sixty-seven Confederate Veterans and widows of Veterans; the Veterans receiving $240. and the widows over 60 year? old receiving $160.00, and throe under 60 years re ceiving $125.00. All those who have not called for their checks are re quested to do so at once. I have also received $170.00 to be disbursed among ten negroes who served in the Confederate War—each one receiving $17.00, and they are requested to call at my office and re ceive checks. The following is a list of negro pensioners: Comedore Brister, An- deison Brown, Marcus Daniels, Bos ton Dunbar, Edd Gantt, Peter Geter, Geo. Givens, Lewis Jackson, Dock Stewart, Jerry Walker. JOHN K. SNELLING, Judge of Probate, B. C. State of South Carolina, County of Barnwell. THE STATE vs. .ARTHUR CARREE. Under and by virtue of a Tax Exe cution to me directed by J. J. Bell, Treasurer of Barnwell County, I have this day levied upon and will sell to the highest bidder for cash, be tween the legal hours of sale, fn front of the Court House at Barnwell, S. C., on Monday, the 5th day of May, 1930, this being salesday in said month, the following described real estate: One Hundred and Fifty acres of land, with the buildings thereon, in Red Oak Township, known a s the J. A. Carree lands, bounded as follows: North by lands of Bruce; East by Mrs. B. H. Cave; South by C. F. Molair, and West by lands of K. E. Moore and Mr?. May Brown. Levied upon and sold to satisfy the above Execution and Costs. BONCIL H. DYCHES, Sheriff, Barnwell County. Barnwell, S. C., April 15, 1930. county committeeman and delegates to the County Convention, which is hereby called to meet in the Court House at Barnwell, South Carolina, on Monday, May 5th, 1930, at noon. “The convention shall be composed of delegates elected from the clubs in ^ the county, one delegate for every *25) M members and one delegate for a majority fraction thereof, based upon the number of votes polled in the first primary of the preceding election year.” Under the above rule, the clubs in the county are entitled to the follow ing number of delegates: Barnwell, 17; Bennett Spiings, 1; Blackville, 12; Double Ponds, 1; Dunbarton, 6; Elko, 1; Four Mile, 1; Friendship 3; Great Cypress, 1; Healing Springs, 1; Hercules, 5; Hilda, 5; Red Oak, 3; Reedy Branch, 1; Rosemary, 1; Siloam 1; Wiiliston, 3. Each club is earnestly requested to send the names of the delegates and executive committeeman elected April 26th to the secretary, B. P. Davies, at Barnwell, as soon after the club meet ing as possible, in order that a tem porary roll of the County Convention may be prepared. EDGAR A. BROWN, County Chairman. Barnwell, S. C., April 8, 1930. 3t. Notice of Discharge. NOTICE, DEMOCRATS! Notice is hereby given that I will file my final accounting as Adminis tratrix of the estate of Walter D. Richardson with the Hon. John K. Snelling, Judge of the Probate Court for Barnwell County, State of South Carolina, upon Saturday, April 26th, 1930, and petition the said Court foi/| an Order of Discharge and Letters... Dismissory. Agnes R. Harley, Admx., Estate of Water D. Richardson. April 2, 1930.—41. Notice of Discharge. Pursuant to the rules of the Demo cratic party of South Carolina, the president of each Democratic club in Barnwell County is requested to call a meeting of his club, designating the hour thereof, to be holden on Satur day, April 26th, 1930, for the purpose of reorganizing and electing officers for the ensuing term; also to elect a Notice is hereby given that I wiil file my final account a? Administra tor of the estate of W. R. Harrison, with the Hon. John K. Snelling, Pro bate Judge for Barnwell County, State of South Carolina, upon the 3rd day of May, A. D., 1930, and petition the said Court for an Order of Discharge and Letters Dismissory. NICK CROFT, Admr. Estate of W. R, Harrison. 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