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FAGS TWO. I THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1*31 Barnwell People-Sentinel JOHN W. HOLMES 1840—1912. : * 1. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor. Eaterod at the poet office at Barnwell 8. C., aa second-claae matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Jae Tear $1.80 9tz Months —— JO lima Months ..... —.... ,60 (Strictly ia Adraaeo.) THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1931 : Nobody’s Business j j < > < > By Gee McGee. ^ eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee She was awfully fine with * Shall we gather at the river*' and “Meet me there." I usually sung bass—which, Brother Bob said, sounded very much lihe our old dog, "Tolly" a fixing to growl. As I had a pretty keen voice, I, (of course) sung a little alto now and then. Another Tax Angle or Triangle. A native of my town dropped in to see me the other day to register his complaint about city taxe» and I tried to explain to him that we could not have a city unless we paid city taxes, and then T^took up telling about the various and sundry benefits he received from the tax money in question. I didn’t get Sallie after all. She fell in love with a section boss and they moved off aflp r they got mar- tied—on my account, I think. I raised niy hat to Mrs. Sallie once while en route to the postoffice one Saturday afternoon for the mail. (We got out mail every .Saturday, and it consisted of the Atlanta Constitution.) Most of the family learned to read from that paper. So her old man got a job on the other end of the rail road and took her there. First, I told him about the police protection afforded. He said -he didn’t need any police protection as he did not intend to do any fighting or let anybody fight him, and he as sured me he kept a pistol in his house for protection. And he cited'the fact that he also owned a bull dofT—on Which h e had to pay additional taxes. We had on e old fellow at our prayer-meetingg that particularly im- pres-ed me. He could pray louder than any othe r man I ever heard. His voice would not only oscillate; it would deviate, reverberate and sati ate. One minute he would be pray ing in E-Flat and then he would sud denly hop onto A-Minor. He never failed to pray for George Washing ton and Tom Jefferson, and 9 out of 10 present would be prayed to sleep before he got to anyboy in hi g own neighborhood. Our prayer-meeting got broke up one night right in the middle of the sentence prayers. Harmon Dudd had crawled sp into the loft of the school hous P to'hide a plug of tobacco he had slipped out of Br>. Wilkin’s pock et while he w«s kneeling dowp.ovcra bench, and he fell out and landed pn the hack of the long-winded brother ... Second, I insisted that he had j 11 ** ** ^ ^ be ^ ^ mo * n and paved atreets to ride on but he said P° ur forth * "Amens." Harmon’s he paid for his half of the street inf dadt, y whipped hijn right then and front of his house and the other fel low on the other side of his street paid the other half. Then 1 said:— How about the schools? He stated — 0ur bi-monthly prayer meetings that he had no children to send to alw »y» started aft * r th * ***** acbool and furthermore, our city taxes protracted meetings had closed at did not go to the support of the Union Grove-where nearly everybody acbool*, as ou r district i B a separate * ot reconsec tated. We would all be- and distinct principality and had its *' n to back-slide as Christmas ap- own tax system preached, and I den’t recall now that we kept our piety long enough to there, and after that nobody b«d the heart to wind up the gathering. Third, I begged lief to inform him ever reach January with our gather- that he had electric lights and water,! ^ but usually got started again and he ^id-that’* so, but I pay a * we t f ould be haved electric light and water company for their service, and he went on to show n»e that he did not need any street * n ottr community lights, as h e had lights on his Ford, and as a rule—he stayed at home during the night-time. He said the white-way wa- pretty to look at, but the moon looked all right to him. again. But they did lot* of good (meaning those prayer-meeting*) in Fourth, I took up the question of lire protection, but he told me that j tompanie* own the railroads?) he did not carry encugh insurance t) need fire protection and besides—he paid the insurance companies to pro ject him—if his house should acci dentally catch on fire. But, gay* I— how about the traffic lights? He flew mad then and said he had sense O-U-^-H! The insurance companies seem to think that they will bust if the «ail- roads are not granted that J5 per cent increase in freight rates. (You kn >w, of course, that the insurance And if they are given that increase, the farmers will bust. (You know, of course, that the railroads get all the fanners make alieady.). And— Tickets, Please. Speaking of politics a little bit enough to drive a ear without traffic further, did you know that the rail- lights and policemen. Fifth, I reminded him of the street sprinkler, but he said he could wait until it rained to have his streot sprinkled. Well, says 1—you have to have a city council and a mayor and a city judge, and he said he didn't need either one of them. Then I re marked—how ab-ut somebody to mark off places to park ? He said—if a man don’t know how to park his liszie (when he comes to town) with out directions, he ought to walk and lean against a telegraph post - when he wants to rest. As I couldn’t give him any tax-information, I told him net to hurry. After he was gone, I thought of the street sweeper and the board of health, but it was too late. roads get a right jsmart more for hauling wheat and hay and coal and potatoes and oats and salt and hides and cotton seed for a distant^, of 1,000 mile 3 than the producers who actually rni«e these commodities get? Well, they do. If Pullman and, passenger rates are not reduced at least 50 per cent, within the next* 5 years, the railroads will need only a single bicy cle apiece to handle their passenger travel. make cigarettes, as they have the stretchout system in their factories, too, and do not pay their help so much that any of them suffe r with the gout. But there ain’t any trusts any more, Mary, Dear: Th e Sherman law killed the trusts, but most of the boy s belong to the same stockholders and all prices are generally <the same— which are high, higher and highest. nrnium nl Fire Prevention Must Have Beginning in Home Much light Is shed upon the charac ter and extent of loss of life through fire ln„a bulletin—“Fire—Its Menace to Human Llffe”—issued by the insur ance department of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Available Information concerning property losses through fire is fairly comprehensive, but the fire casualties of the nation have been left largely to conjecture. The national fire waste council conducted a series of six- sur veys to ascertain the extent and causes of the loss of human life in fires. Some of the conclusions reached are striking.. These surveys showed: During the months of November, De cember and January the death Hite per million of population ranged from .'i0.9 to 65.1. compared with a range of 2.Y3 to 37.1 for April, May and June, show ing Hint heating apparatus, defective chimneys and flues and the practice of starting fires with inllammuble liquids constitute a grave hazard to life. Slxty-slx per cent of all deal Us rc^ prtrted occurred In dwellings, apart ment hoiiM-H, hotel and rooming- houses. showing the lack of adequate' precaution against fire- in dwelling places. The outstanding Tonelueion of the survejr is that lire prevention' should begin at home. . .. . ■* Wild Flowers of Value Only Where They Grow There Is something wrong with the l»ersoii who wuutonly-marx or destroys natural .beauty, such as wild flowers. Yet there are enough such persons to arouHC the Indignation and solicitude of those who respect the beauties of nature. It is common to see people pulling up wild flowers from the road side. carrying them to their car*. Public co-operation is needed to maintain beauty of the whole country side. It is Ironical that with the In creasing numlter of motor ears and tine mad*, making outdoor heattly accessi ble to the multitude, the beauty thus accessible should he marred ami in some Instance* destroyed. Wild flow er* are of Nttle value fur home deco ration. Usually they are faded before they can Ik.* placed in water. When they arc uprooted they are virtually destroyed, for they do not rc'-poml fa* vorably to transplanting. They are tnnoh more valuable where they grow. All they asl* is to he let alone. Un molested, they go on and multiply and bloom and refri sh as and edify tm. They brighten ottr way. Why. darken theirs?—Kansas t’ity Star. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson (By R*V. P. B. FrrzWATER. D. D„ Mam ber of Faculty. Moody Blblo Inatltute of Clilcafo.)__ - ~ ■ ' Lesson for November 15 PAUL IN JERUSALEM , GOLDEN TEXT—For thou xhalt b« his witness unto all i^en of what thou hast seen and heard. LESSON TEXT—Acts 21:17-2S::2. PRIMARY TOPIC—Paul In Trouble JUNIOR TOPIC—Paul Hi Trouble. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP IC—Paul Faces His Enemies. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP IC—Bearing Testimony in the H&fy City. Cotton Letter, New York, Nov. 9.—The Chair- man of the Farm Board *neezed last night and May futures broke 14 points. The bulls were glad that he [only sneezed; if he had coughed, too, November spots no doubt would have followed. A boll weevil nest was found in Hoo-ey Long’s vest pocket at a banquet on Tuesday and New Or leans sent out a report that the said hibernating early whkfh Gat Any Frozen Stocks in Hock? President Hoover’s plan to re lease frozen assets is a good one for 1 pest was "the big banks, and will help th e in- \ foretold an increase in their popula- stalment houses, but Dick, Tom and tion, and then Oklahomia voted for Harry will have to work fo r a living 1 an increase in oil and a cut in aere- as usual. Government aid is fine if age. Those Oklahomians are insist- yon’ve been a sailor or a soldier, but ing on the farmers growing all of if you are just an ordinary working, their feeds at home, just think of guy—like most of us are—please! it! Their “Alfalfa Bill’’ fo r the past don’t hang up your sock, till further 12 months has already cost the State notice—the only thing you’ll get in $65,000,000,00. W e advise red flannels it will be your foot. and cotton *hoae from now on. You and I Were Young, Sallie. I am far from “making fun’* of anything that is religious, but I of- Do You Chew, Smoke or Dip? % And going further into what be comes of what the agriculturist ought ten think of those prayer-meetings to receive for hi s products, did you that used to be held on every other ever, think that a pound of tobacco Thursday night in the school house (for whicji the , manufacturer pays f*r two reasons, viz: Sallie Brown was will make about 2 dollars worth of generally there and I generally walk- erdinary cigarettes .... very, much ed home with Sallie Brown. V J hkt thVae that you will walk a mile ■ ^or or those that will keep you kiss- pretty good at “hist- able day and night and possibly thos e ; but she knew only two or that won’t bite your Adam’s apple? veal prayer-meeting hymns. And it doesn’t edit so very much to . - ' Y . . S ' , . ' ' * To Be Community Kifhway ’ — IlelievAl l«» lie the first orgaui:c«i^oti in northern Virginia m take such nc- lion, the XcighlHtrlioml Garden,cl*h of liallston, V:i„ voted to take over a mile of state l^ghway for planUu^ and general beautification In prepara tion for the bicentennial celebration next year. * ’^’hls action was taken ns a rcsuH of a suggestion by .1. 1*. Neal, landscape engineer of the Virginia state highway Commission, made at a mass meeting that was sponsored by the garden club. Working under I he direction of the. landscape engineer.*the club will un dertake to transplant native shrubbery from nearby sources to the right-of- way ottJie highway, filling in cuts and other places that are without vegetn" tlon. The club will also attempt to. rid the right-of-way of signboards and unsightly StrOCtUTf*. - —j— Oil Companies Quit Signs More than six years ago the British Petroleum company realized that ad vertisements and hoardings were spoiling flie beauty of the country side. They decided to remove all their wayside signs in rural districts. Their work was carried out at once, but this Involved considerable cost, since many sites for advertisements had been taken on long leases. The same com pany also resolved -Lo mpke the gaso line pump Jess of an eyesore. All their pumps were painted greet) ..and every encouragement has been given to fill ing stations to make their premises attractive instead of liideous.—“London Tit-Bits. Don’t Hurry Repairing Any Leak in Innef Tube If you are patch!ns'lafTtfrher ttibo you wiU-get best r rf t 5lilts if you do not hurry the application of the patch. Apply the cepient to both the patch and to the tube to be mended, and -Imj _ ^ let the cement become dry enough so that It is In the "tacky,” or very Sticky stage. The patch can then be applied and It will be found that it will adhere readily, with little chuncb of blowing- off or leaking when the tube- ht in dated. I. Paul’s Vow (21:17-26). Upon Paul’s arrival at Jerusalem representatives of the church there gave him a cordial reception. In or der that the brethren in Jerusalem might graciously receive him. It was proposed to him by the elders that he take a Jewish vow to prove that he was in do way opposed to the law. They recognized that such an act would In no way compromise or In volve the Gentile brethren. Nor did it compromise his own principle of ac- ■ tlon ; namely, to the Jews he became a Jew and to the Gentiles a Gentile, all things to all men in order to gain them for Christ. II. Paul's Arrest (21:27-40). How far this act conciliated the Christian Jews we are not told, but It enraged the unbelieving Jevz. caus ing them to resort to mob law. These maddened Jews seized Paul, dragged him from the temple and- beat him mercilessly, intending to put him to death. He was rescued from the mob by the Roman guard. In order to pro rect him from the murderous frenzy of the mob. the soldiers lifted bim upon their shoulders and bore him up the stairs. Paul kept himself Under control and politely asked permission of the captain to speak to the people. When he -addressed him In Gre^W and mentioned his Komnn citizenship, the captain granted Ids request. III. Paul’s Defense (22:1 27). Puid'a chief concern was not his own safety. He us'm! this last oppor tunity to witness unto theih of (Thrist. 1. His claim for a rightful hearing <vv. 1-.”.). a. His birth (v. 3). lie was n Jew. horn In Tarsus, a city of no mean reputation. h Mis education (r. 3). He nras ed muted under the tutorship of Gann del. mid instructed according to the itorfoAi iimpnar of the law of the fa thers. c. His zeal <v. 3).. He was as zeal ous toward God as the Jews who were trying to <le»tio> hint. 2. Ills former attitude toward Jesus <vv. 4. 5); “I persecuted this wny uu- to the death.** 3. Ilow Ids attitude was ehnnged (vr. 6-16). This change of attitude wav hrou^t about by the inlcrventioti of the l.om. While on his way to Damascus with authority to bind the Christian* at Jerusalem, he was sujiP .t«n to Hie ground by a light from heaven, mid the voice ’ of the Lord said. ’'Why perseciitost thou mcY’ When Paul Inquired as to what he was to dp, he was told to go Into !>an'.a*u* when* he would receive in- 'truciioiis. Ananias was sent to him l>y the Lord for iliik piirpo<iT. 4. The Lord commissioned him to go to the Gentiles (vv. 17-21). It was not n£*?ils own will Unit he preached to the Gentiles but by the Lord’s direct comtni'-ion. — i IV. Paul before fits Sanhedrin C-o :!-10). J The Roman officer in order/to learn why Paul was arrested commanded the- cliief council to assemble, and brought Paul before them. This shows that there was an effort made by the Romans to give justice to Paul. 1. Paul's earnest look at the council (vv. 1. 2). This was a solicitation of their honor to give him a lair hearing, and also a look of conscious integrity and unfaltering-courage. - 2. Padl's stern rebuke, of the head of the council- “God shall smite thee, iliou whited wail.” Paul shows that he had the highest -espect for the of fice, but the man now occupying It was not worthy of It. 3. Paul’s appeal to the Pharisees (vv. 6-10). Seeing that he could not get a falMFearlng. and perceiving jhut the body before him was made up of Pharisees and Sadducees. he appealed to jhe Pharisees, for his preaching had something in common with their belief. V. The Lord Stood by Paul (v. 11) He was In great need of grace. He may hnve.begqn to question the wis dom of his going to Jerusalem, hut the Lord assured him that his course was right. ‘ VI. The Conspiracy to KRI Paul (vv. 18-22). More than forty men banded togeth er for the purpose of getting Paul out of the way. o You get the most Value for the least Cost in Telephone service Of all the things y<& buy there ia none that gives so much for so little as telephone service. . , . .. . Many times during the day or week or month, in the ordinary affairs of life and in emergencies you see evidence of the value of the telephone and realize the indispenaable part it plays in avery business and social activity. . ... Men transact a great part of their business over it. Women use it constantly to save ateps and time in social an J Jj ous ^ h ° ,d duties. In an increasing number of ways, it adds to the comfort and aecnrity of family life. ... . Subscribers who look back over the month and consider what the telephone has meant to them are quick to appreciate it. squalled value and low price. ‘ . They realize that it really doesn’t pay to try to do without it. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company TREASURER'S TAX NdTICE c The County Treasurer’s office will be open from September 15th, 1931, to March 15th, 1932, for collecting 1931 taxes, which include real ami personal property, pell and road tax. , All nixes due and payable between September 15th and December 31, •» 1931, will Ite collected without penalty. All taxc- ndt paid as stated will be subject to penalties as provided by law. ^ January 1st, 1932, one pc r cent.will be added. February 1st, 1932, two per cem.wdll be.added. March 1st to 15th, seven p?rcent.wiil be added. Executions will be placed in the hands of the Sheriff for collection af ter March 15th, 1932. i When writing for amount of taxes, be sure and give school district if property is in more than one school district. AH personal checks given for taxes wiH Ik* subject to collection. mmi 1 JZ >, 4 * w . - V. 7 mm * W ■g s f- k >1 z ^ • • M * w f « -C mm ^ & C' 9 V. — V c s Lt w* < a ^9 W g; Urn im Q c. w Vi o — 1 ^ Nbt « 1 H No. 24—A^hleigh 5 5 4 1 3 4 12 34 No. 23—Barbary Brch. i 5 4 1 i V 30 ** it No. 45.—Barnwell ,, 5 5 4 < *1 3 4 29 81 No. 4—Big Fork 5 5 1 4 * 1 3 4 18 40 No. 19—B'ackville 5 6 1 4 .1 3 4 25 ! 47 No. 35—Cedar Grove., 5 5 4 1 3 4 -28 j 50 No. 50—Diamond m - O- *5 ■T —I— 4 H 88 No. 20—Double Pond _ 5. m J • 5 4 1 3 4 19 41 No. 12—Dunbarton 5 5 4 1 3 4 ’ ’27 49 No. 21—Edisto 5- s 4 \ 3 4 9 31 No. 28—Elko - 5 5 4 I ' 3 4 30 52 No. 53—Ellenton 5 5 4 1 3 4 11 33 No. 11—Four Mile 5 5 4 1 . 3 4 14 36 No. 39—Friendship __ 5 5 - 4 i 3 4 14 36 No. 16^—Green’s 5 . 5 * ' 4 1 3 4 20 42 No. 10—Healing Spgs.. 5 5 4 1 3 4 20 42 No. 23—Hercules 5 .5 4 1 3 4 27 49 No. 9—Hilda .... T 5 5 4 1 3 4 35 57 No. 52—Joyce Branch . 5 5 4 1 3 4 26 48 No. 34—Kline. ~5—■ 5 4 ^ 1 3 -4. 1-8 40 No. 32—Lee’s - 5 5 4 1 3 4 10 32 No. 8—Long Branch . 5 ' 5 4 1 3 4 17 39 No. 54—Meyer’s Mill— 5 5 4 1 3 4 26 48 No. 42—Morris 5 5 4 1 3 4 12 34 No. 14—Mt. Calvary 5 5 4 1 3 4 28 50 No. 25—New Forest __ 5 5 4 1 3 4 28 50 No. 38—Oak Grove 5 5 4 1 3 4 19 41 No.,43—Old Columbia.. 5 5 4 1 3 4 k 26 48 No. 13—Pleasant Hill... 5 5 4 1 3 A 15 37 No. 7—Red Oak 5 5 4 1 3 4 16 38 No. 15—jReedy Branch 5 4 1 3 4 21 43 No. 2—Seven Pines 5 5 4 1 3 4 12 34 No. 40^-Tinker’s Creek. 5 5 4 1 ‘ 3 4 17 39 No. 26—Upper Richland 5 5 - 4 1 3 4 26 48 No. 29—Williston 5 5 4 1 3 4 32 54 The Divine Presence Of the reality of fellowship with God every religious man is assured. . Religion implies such a fellowship of love and grace on the part of God. How such a consciousness brings strength aad-, coujfort-Oo.,, a,. iiuma heart ter every one ’^nn power, of salvation attest < Chain of Blessing ayer—performance arc three links In the chain of »dessi^g If the middle link is misrinr v.e have oo right to expect .the third. * * . . 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. ' ^ * - Dog Taxes for 1931 will be paid at the same time other taxeg are paid. It is the duty of each school trustee in each school district to see that this tax i s collected o r aid the Magistrate in the enforcement of the provisions of this Act. _—— —- - Checks will not be accepted for taxes under apy circumstances ex cept at the risk of the taxpayer.—(The County Treasurer reserves the right to hold all receipts paid by check until s aid checks have been paid.) be rslaazad-oiriy-upflni.legal' :toader,~poKSuffiCT»---TTTonFy- orders, or certified checks. ‘ ' J. t. BELL, Co. Treas. = / ADVERTISE IN THE PEOPLE-SENTINEL. * r :