Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THURSDAY* APRIL T&aBlurtiwefl People-Sentinel JOHN W. HOLMES 1840—1912. H. P. DAVIES, Editor aad Proprietor. Catered at the poet office at Barnwell S. C., as second-claai matter. . / SUPSCRIPTION RATES: Jae Year $1.60 Six Months JO Three Months JO (Strictly in Adraiica.) THURSDAY, APRIC 16TH, 1931. Get Into the Game. The Better Business Aasociation of South Carolina meana business. This is proven by the splendid set of offi- oers it has selected. They are men who have accomplished larjre results for themselves and creat things will be accomplished for South Carolina if oar people follow their eleadership in a ftlfht foi- better business for this State. We have scarcely scratched the wonderful resources with which God blessed this State. Even a mod erate development of thos 0 resources will place South Carolina in the fore front of the Unlo'n agriculturally and industrially. Of course, achievement of that will improve the financial status of the Sfate. Moreover, South Carolina ha's a climate that should make it a far more attractive place ia which to live than many of the States in which the weather alter nates from great extremes of cold to #qua! extremes of heat. In contrast, South Carolina has an equable cli mate, pleasant all the year around. The Association i H organized to By th e tenth day of my ownership just let the installment houses sell omieal fertilizer to use in growing of this handful of music, she sounded their stuff without a down payment, watermelon?, but he recommends, on Something like this when J* blew if That’* all that’s wrong with this old the basis of available data, about “Pzz-zzz-eke—zzz-uz,” but I carried country anyhow. We blowed in the 800 pounds of a complete fertilizer the^tjine right - along regardless of down payment on something we did- such as 8-4-4 per acre. This mixture the minor discords. I played several den’t need, and now-.w«’ve got to earn should he applied in the drill a short times for th^ black coons and the or steal another one. time in advance of planting. A fork- white brats to shuffle by, but I play- —' ■ ■ ■ « ful of well rotted stable manure under ed so fa?t, they couMtent near shuf- A goober parcher fxploded at one the hill is also desirable. A single fle to my time. of our Southern State capitals, last season’s test at the Mississippi Ex- — week and 14 members of the general perirhent Station indicate r that side 1 often wonder how many barrels assembly were badly damaged about dressing-was profitable when 100 to of slobber we youngun 8 blowed thru the coat, hat and pants. The others 400 pounds of nitrate of soda per that mouth organ. (Of course, only had not arrived from home—whart acre was used when the vines were the ones that paid me in some way thfy spent both week-ends. / five feet long. ever got a chance to do any blowing), j — — I worked constantly on my treasure.' How to writ© a business letter: I got so’s I could taka the sides off and “Dear sirs:—I am sorry that I can- put them back in the dark. It - got not pay.you anything on account now. u Pursuant to the authority vested in sand and stuff in it and by March, My son ja in college, my Brighter ex- fa 3^^ 0 f County Directors by an ah* bad •bout played her last pects to get married, and ihy cay is Act ^ th<? General Assembly of tune, so I swapped ter for a pet rate in the garage, but don’t worrjN-we j will sell to the highest bidder for cash, in front of the Court House in^Bamwell S. C., on Saturday, May NOTCE OF SALE. bit, which got away the next day and will continue to trade with you I haven’t seen her since. S How to Combat Insomnia. The cotton oil companies are real- 2nd, 1931, at 12 o’clock M., ten (10) ly and truly financial wizards; they first class mules* property of Bam- The worst thing in the world is w dl buy a ton of your cotton seed for "well County.^ For further informa- ins^mnia. 1 It .functions best between 122.00 and selL-ycni • ton of cotton tion, apply to the undersjgned. midnight and 3:30 a. m. It is a 8ee d weal for $27,000, and then ask J. W. PATTERSON, selective type of affliction. It will on ^y one cen ^ a pound more for com- I County Supervisor, not hire or harbor a lazy man. Well- P°und lard and 4 dollar* a ton more Barnwell, S. C., April 13, 1931. 2t. diggers never experience it. Washer- ^ or co tt° n see d hullg than they asked women don’t know what it is. And wben they paid an honest price for 1 insomnia has never teen known td co ^ton seed, viz: $35.00 per ton. Yep, bother a tenapt faimer. ^bey got mine, too._ _ Charles Samuel Buist. After consulting both of my _ friends on this subject—one being a _ZT ( doctor and the otter-a physician, I • Blackville, April 11. Charles Sam- have promulgated the following rules Bui>t, Blackville s oldest mer- 1 which, if carefully obsefved, will al- | ways drive insomnia away and fetch ! Morpheus with out-tretched arms to aid you in your efforts to repose in sweet slumber. IMPORTANT NOTICE. Numerous complaints have teen received by „the County Directors about farmers plowing into the public road* of the county. Notice i s heieby given that all persons guilty of this practice will be prosecuted to the full chant ami one of its oldest residents, extent of the Jaw. J. W. PATTERSON, County Supervisor. 1. Count by dollars and dimes the died at his home here W’edhesday night. He had teen in ill-health for more thgn a year, but was confined to Barnwell, S. C., April 13, 1931. his ted only two weeks. He was the . last of a family of eleven children of ^ p()K SALE, the late Arthur Buist, educator and . ♦-her,- of -Charleston and Barnwell t AVe h&v ( . neai* Barnw'ell 'a lovely work for the common good. It will j amount qf monye you Rave r>ai<7'5ul (he operated Without profit and on ‘ during the past 10 months for things and Acedia Langley Buist, of Barn- grand piancr in perfect condition, used that you wanted and diddent need, we ‘ less, than tan months on which three and by the time you get to the fifth Samuel Buist whs born in 1856 in hundred and twenty dollars ($320.00) installment on your wedding ring, you’I ® eec b Island, but moved to Black- ha* been pkid. Well sell for unpaid drop off to sleepy that is—if you in- v '^f when a young man.. He wis balance and easy terms can te ar- ten i to* pay the balance due thereon. married in 1893 to Annie Laurie Izlar) ranged. Addiess P. O. BOX 35, ^i daughter of Major and Mrs. Laurie T. Savannah, Ga. Izlar, of Blackville, who with th-.or six children survive him. They aie voluntary contributions of those who ’have wisdom enough to see what such u campaign will do fty South Carolina and liberality and good busine.-s sense enough to chip in and bear a part of the expense. Neither California nor Florida ha s anything on South Caro lina in climate or soil and they aiu shining example* of what judicious nnd persistent advertising and boat ing will do. South Carolina has been slow 2. Imagine yourself at chuich, the temperature is 77; let the preacher make his 14 announcements;-, listen ^ rs> Merle T. Jewel, of Portland, Me.; MASTER S SALE. in He also 1 G. Court of Common Pleas. ’A| Best, attentively while he reads his text; Mrs - J - W y att Browning, Ji\, of Col- State of South Carolina, watch the collection plates a* they umbia; Miss V irginia Buist, S. Sam- i County of Barnwell, barely miss your nose in their passage ue ^ Buist, Jr., Harry A.^Buist and J. getting into that game, but the Bet- to and fro; and when the said preach- ^ u . r ‘ e Buist, of Blackville ter Bu-iness Association is go’ng in- cr hns preached 20 minutes, just close * t ‘ aveH <*>ght grandchildren, ti it to play it for all that it is worth, your eyes and there you aie. ^ r ' Buist established a mercantile Line up with these leader* and let’s . business in Blackville more than fifty nuke the next ten years show the 1 3. Quit counting sheep, and picture y var s a £ 0 » retiring only last August. Georg** M. Hogg, greatest advance for South Carolina in your mind a legislature in session. w,ns a member of the '‘Cordon Vnl- that she has ever made in all her Lend an attentive ear to the Chaplain Plaintiff, vs. hietoly. The loss of on e congressman. ! as he pray* for the members of the Defendant. By virtue of a decretal order to me rvr. •vrliile (California and Florida were general assembly. Take heed of the -gaining, should awaken u s *0 how roll call. Permit the members to much we have lost by sleeping on our shoot their usual line of useless bull, opportunities and waiting foi pros- thftik how helpless you and others Crder Knights of Pythias and Wood- •perity to come to ns, instead of woik- like you aie making up your mind that men of the World. He served as. city ing for it aggiessively, with modeem, you don’t- give » cuss >if they bank- magistrate for eight years, his last up-to-date tactics.—Greenville Obser- rupt the whole world, and then you’ll "1 c, m expiring January 1, 1931. find yourself sound asleep. \ Interment was . in the Blackville cemetery Thursday afternoon at 5 4. Dismiss banknotes from your ° ,clock the Rev. Mr. Murphy ^of mind. Forget what you owe the the Methodist Church officiating an ! doctors and the lawyers and the gro-. dbe Rev. (X ii.- McKinnon of the bap- Cers—«s you ain’t going to pay ’em Church assisting. Active pall- nohow. Get up and take a dose of beater* were C. A. Epps, L. C..Still, foda, follow TT with an-aspirinTaHef. E.Htf: Weissingrr. fb-H. PriM^le, T. *>. drinjc a glass of hot milk, read one Boland and S. J. Lowe. Honorary ^ chapter of the Congressional record, pallbearer* were N. Blutt, A. H. chunk up th 0 fire, and by that time it Ninestein, J. M. Fan ell, Uj^an will b 0 daylight, and you i-hould be Brown, Isadore Brown, H. D.Still and up and about your business. Dr. J. E. Maloney. - unteers,” the old Barnwell County division of Stat e militia and a major of the governor’s staff under Governor •li'^l in ^e above'entitled cause, I Heyward. so H at Public auction to the high- He was a member of the Masonic 's Business | By Gee McGee. Pea* and Homony The happiest time of my life struck me when I was about 7 years of age. The thing that made me so Viappy was a 5-cent pfoith organ that «ld Santa Claus brought, me. She •wa* made in Germany and had 14 holes in it. Now, folks, it wassent very long .alter I took that thing out of my stocking till I was an authority on XBoatk organs. I blowed .R so hard tike first few hours, X sprung one of keys, and had to take her down fix it—sog >t would never blow ...-By noon of that eventful Christ- day, my lips and jaws W’ere so from having that instrument slid WcVward and forward acros 3 them; 1 I coulddent eat soup. I had never rd but one tune, «nd that “Coon * They say I could play her in less than a week. 5. Think of nothing, if possible. If WATERMELON QUALITY NOT you can’t get your mind- centered on I nothing, why, just think of yourself a few aeconds, or if you can’t do that, think of the space that exists between AFFECTED BY FERTILIZERS est bidder for cash,, in front of the Court House at Barnwell, State and County aforesaid, on Monday, May 44th, 1931, the same being salesday in said moth, between the legal hours of <M»le, the following described teal property, to-wit: All that certain piece or parcel of land lying and being in the County of Barnwell, State aforesaid, known as part of the estate «f the late J. J. 1 Craddock, deceased, containing fifty iicrcs. imae or. Irs.^-apdiaiumicd as 1 follow*: North by lands of Mrs. Mary Ann Eavoa; East by lands of E. B. Sanders; South by lands of Mrs. Sadie Kearsc and West by Mrs. 1 Fairy Sanders Terms of sale, cash. 'Purchaser to pay for papers and Revenu© Stamps. G. M. GREENE, Master for Barnwell County. Clemson College.—Many people, in- . , - , eluding both growers and shippers, te- Jupiter and Orion thaC« nothing too. .. ... t.* * . » .... * * ’ hove that the quality of Watermelons and danged if it ain’t time for break-,’. - /wi- 1 • • - , , is. a flee fed by the fertilizers used in fast before Vou know it. s • ,1. o 1 • • growing them. Some popular opinions . growing rnem. dome popular opinions me that nitrate of soda produces Wiel- ■ on s of low sugar content with white est l ; 1 .A_ Nothing to Think About. on g of low sugar content with wteto nyway, . r. oovtr is the best heart*; that potash increases sugar engineer we ever had for piesident. t K content; and that the keeping quality , ’ «. and th e flavor of the melon* mdy te Tho bonus money is not all spent bv ferti |i Z ers, says P,of. R. V ' t ; ' J “f .. ! ‘ W ono i uf the recipi< ' nt! A. MeGinty. head of the hortieulture- wdth 2 dollars cash in his pocket division, who states that the opinion book after he had paid for 4 new’ inner -u u . j* j . , ’ of those who have studied the matter ttlt>68 ^ — — ' ( is that white heart and other indica- A , ~ tions of poor quality are associated i o u* * 68 y 1° hours to un f a vomble climatic condition* do 2 hours work, make a legislator Popular Excursion * —TO— . Washington, D. C. ' FRIDAY. APRIL 24, 1931 From Barnwell. S. C. Being a pretty good mechanic, I "hep my musical monstrosity (the •only one ever seen in that community) in fine trim. She wa s made by Mr. Hahner, in Germany, and I’ll never -forget how pre*tty and shiny her ssides were. I lost the nut off the bolt 'that held the sides on up towards the Imen keys, but I bradded the old huzzy and she was O. K. again. —I would let any of the little nig gers blow my mouth organ provided Khey would cut my stove wood, or slop hogs, or shuck my shucks for the _v. ; .. ..... . ».'• or tote water for the ash-hopper, do any other chores that I had to for. (N. B. Germs had not gmived in America at this time.) out of him; he’s got th© stuff in him for a good time, but be sure to teach him how to figger extra time. or diseased vines. Unfortunately not much experimen tal work has teen done along this j line. The Georgia Experiment Sta tion found a few years ago that w’hite „ heart could not be attributed to tho-» t Liverpool use of nitrate of soda. Motr_recently ••• 11 .\%X soda. Mor« — - ma Ex-! Cotton Letter. New Yoik, April 15. came in lower than^fue and so did an experime the income tax. « n g was periment St recorded near the c WIN" Sotith- feitilizer a ern selling forced Shafltel. buyers l n the test list Bombay short. Thunder, showers amounts of nitrate are expected in Texas next month at sweet, both to the taste and by ehemi- 3 o clock, therefore we look for lower j cal analysis, as others receiving only prices. Bed spreads and denims are j small amounts. There w f as -also no WAlJWNGTON $15.50 , wn that indon Ka quality. nine K**™ 1 p«a were as strong, but some yarns ain’t. Curtail ment continues in all localities not increase, on the heavily nitrated plotsv in . the percentage of melons engaged in government work. We haying white hearts. Pota-h did not advise less' cotton aniT more dough, increase sugar content, and hot by all means—don’t straddle till July, and then be very careful If y.u want to see business pickup of the fertilizers on keeping quality could bip observed. ,Prof. MeGinty says there is very little information as to the most econ- ■ Good ^ days from date cf sale. Proportionate excursion fares from other points. Visit the Nation’s Capital in the Beautiful Spring soa- ron. Famous Cherry Blossoms'rin bloom. Consult Ticket Agents iC’i'-' rrj-- - • -A. • ~ •• SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM ' - ' .S' & ■ , I k Sulphate of Ammonia . ^ \ ON HAND = M. B. HAGOOD • . ~ i* t ' I _ Barnwell, S. C. Genuine “The Henderson” ^ Cucumber Seed — FOR SALE BY SIMON BROWN’S SONS Blackville, S. C. THE ORIGINAL PARENT STRAIN OF EARLY LONG GREEN CUCUMBERS, MOST PROLIFIC. BE SURE—PLANT GENUINE THE HENDERSON. SEED. MAY **. * ■ ' '‘v ■ ■ % '* ’ Last Day to Pay. t* _^ State and County Taxes EXECUTIONS will be placed in the hands of the Sheriff for collection after MAY 1, 1931. • v f* .... . - --- •s.- * *■ » • * ^ All who can are urged to pay before the LAST DAY, % \ help th^ County Treasurer’s office to handle the rush, one third of Barnwell County’s Taxes are UNPAID and CANNOT RE HANDLED' IN ONE DAY. All large tax payers are requested to get a list of • 41 - * “. w their properties and employees’ taxes as soon as possible. Be sure to t%ing or send list when you go to pay your taxes. . . - '* .j ■ ^ — -—— • » * . * W’hen writing for amount of tiixes be sure and give School District property is located in. * > • / « ; t 4 * ' '*•. • * \ ■ ’ ^ * DOG TAXES for 1930 are to be paid at same time other taxes are to be paid. Be sure and get your dog tag. CHECKS will NOT be accepted for taxes EXCEPT at the risk of taxpayers. The County Treasurer reserves ... , ■ * • '' the right to hold all receipts until said checks have, been paid. x Tax receipts will be released only upon legal tender, Post Office Money Orders or Certified Checks—certified checks subject to final payment. •* . - » - * . V ^ : y - « . . . • YOUR COUNTY TREASURER WANTS TO GIVE * * « GOOD SERVICE—HELP HIM BY PAYING BEFORE THE LAST DAY, IF POSSIBLE. r . J. J. BELL, COUNTY TREASURER. ADVERTISE IN THE PEOPLE-SENTINEL. )■ r\-