The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, October 13, 1932, Image 6
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©, 1932. Bell Syndicate.—WNO Service.
O NCK iip<Mi a Time a Business
Man named Kingsbury Gilpin
was riding on top of a Bm»*
It was a bright, snappy Day,
with an early Harbinger of Frost in
the air and Mr. Gilpin had Just booked
a large Order, so be was feeling top-
high and Aees. It happened that
there wa& seated alongside of Mr. Gil-
j'.ln a Bird of stern Countenance who
didn’t look ns If he had a Smile left
In stock, so Mr. Gilpin thought he
would try to cheer the lugubrious In
dividual by Chatting with him pleas
antly In regard to the Weather.
"It’s a swell Day, ain’t it?” asked
Mr.'•Gilpin, as he turned and faced the
Stranger. ^
"Aha! Just as I suspected!” ex
claimed the Party thus addressed.
"You have NTIcker on your Breath.
You have been defying the Constitution
and By-Laws. 1 am a Special Officer,
assigned to the Department of Sniffing.
Come with me!”
“Nothing has passed by my Lips to
day except Cherry Phosphate," pro
tested Mr. Gilpin. “What you smell
is a Special Preparation which I use
on my Hair. It contains a Percent
age of Alcohol.”
“I never knew a Violator who didn’t
try to pull an Alibi,” said the Knforce-
ment Officer. "Furthermore, you have
acknowledged your Guilt by owning
up to Possession. This is the most
important Capture I have made in
Weeks.”
Now It happened that while Mr.
Gilpin was being taken to the Hoose-
gow, his elder Son named Wilfred was
only two Blocks away, with a Brief
Case under his arm. He was taking
a set of Contracts over to a Lawyer
to hove a few Jokers inserted. He
started to Whistle and a Cinder blew
Into his Mouth.
Perhaps It was a Judgment from
Heaven.^
Chip of the Old Block,
lie spat it out. There is no Law
against Whistling on a Public High
way, but any kind of Spitting, Cinder
or no Cinder, is just the same as rob
bing the Ice Box in an Orphan Asylum.
Wilfred felt a pair of Strong Hands
gripping at his Wing-Pipe.
"Arrest this Man!” shouted one of
those Bystanders who is always ask
ing to have some one arrested..
Then a Policeman came ponderous
ly and struck Wilfred over the Head
with his Club, after which he inquired
as to the Facts In the Case. As sev
eral excited Spectators pieced together
all the Details of the Outrage, the Mob
which had collected, became uneasy
and then turbulent.
“Hang him! Hang him!” shouted
the furious Citizens.
"No!” exclaimed the Policeman,
fighting back the Crowd. “His Life
belongs to me."
Within a few Minutes after Kings
bury Gilpin had been clitickled into a
dark, subterranean Cavern reserved
for the more hardened Type of Offen
ders, the Steel Door clanged again and
Into the dark and suffocating Gloom
came another Prisoner, hurled with
great Force by the Rough Attendants.
Mr. Gilpin crawled over to wipe the
Blood from the unhappy Wretch and
recognized—his Son!
“To what do you attribute your
Downfall?” asked Wilfred of hls
Father. * ^ «•
“Lax Discipline and unpardonable
Negligence on the Part of my Par
ents," replied Mr. Gilpin.
“Same hpre." said Wilfred.
Just then they heard the Chains
dragging again. A Key turned in the
cumbersome Lock. The bobbing Light
of a Candle showed the Skeleton Bars
in painful distinctness.
A stumbling Football and a dark
Figure was thrust into the Dungeon.
The Newcomer felt his way along the
Wall and came Face to Face with
Mr. Gilpin. The two Men peered at
each other. •
"Eugene!” V.„
“Master!” w
9 Jt.nras Eugene Wellington, the Hired
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“You here, Eugene?" f '
-Yes. Master—I!”
When Girls Leave Home.
“Speak, man! Be brave. It may
relieve you to Confess.”
“They’ve had Spotters at work since
Spring and'at last they nabbed me.
1'forgot to separate the Garbage from
the Ashes.”
Two Hours passed. The Gilpins
were trying to sleep and Eugene was
creeping silently. It was the lamer
who aroused hls Companions.
“Look!” he said, “a Woman!"
Sure enough, the Guards were drag
ging down the Stone Stairway a fash-
ionably-clad Young Woman whose
Hair would have been hanging down
her back In Confusion, except that it
had been Bobbed.
“I didn’t see It!” she shrieked. ”1
•was looking the Other Way.”
“Tell that to the Judge.” replied the
Turnkey, and pushed her Into the
OIL
, She saw the Men back In the Semi-
Darkness and shrank from them in
“Tear not,” said Kingsbury Gilpin.
-Wa are Enemies of Society, bnt we
de mot harm defenseless Girlr."
-Father!”
•; “Leonora r v
It was the Only Daughter of Kings
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bury Gilpin, recently returned from a
Finishing School on the State Road
leading from New York to Boston.
After she had calmed down she told
her Story. It seemed that a Gre$n
^Llght was showing and the Traffic Cop
had hls Right Hand up. so she mad*
a Left Hand Turn, whereas she should
have waited for a Blue Light and a
Left Hand Signal and then gone
Straight Ahead.*••
When she had concluded her Father
was convulsed with Grief.
"I blame myself as much as I blame
you,” he said, brokenly. “I heard all
of those Stories about Finishing
"Schools, but L wouldn’t believe them.”
It must have been along toward 3
p. m. when Mr. Gilpin was aroused
from an uneasy Slumber by Leonora,'
who whispered to him:' “Father, are
you strong? Are you brave?" .
“Speak!”
“Who do you think Is het^e?"
“The Pastor of the Presbyterian
Church?”
“No, Anthony !”—
A Terrible Night.
“My little Boy? My prattling, laugh
ing, Innocent Anthony?”
“Yes, that is He lying on the Floor
over by the Doorway. They used the
Militia to bring him in.”
“And what has he done to merit this
awful Disgrace?"
After they recovered from the first
Shock they discussed among Them
selves as to whether Mr. Gilpin should
put in a Plea of Insanity or have the
Chamber of Commerce, the Rotarians
and other Organizations name a Com
mittee to call on the Governor and
ask for a Pardon.
It seemed that Ages had passed and
then the Guard- brought them some
Water and Dry Bread. In Hotels and
Restaurants It often happens that Pa
trons are compelled to eat heavy and
indigestible Bread, fresh from the
Bakery, but the Inmates of Penal In
stitutions always get it Dry.
Eugene Wellington had rolled up his.
Coat and put it under Anthony’s head
and the Boy was moaning pitifully.
All of the Others were silently
crouched about, immersed In mel
ancholy Reflections. Finally there
was Silence.
“He sleeps.” whispered Eugene.
"It is well," said Kingsbury Gilpin,
softly, “for it will be a sad Awaken
ing.”
“Hush! What was that?”
“I heard naught.”
“Yes, it is the Shuffle of Feet and
the metallic Clangor of Prison Gates.
Another Soul Is doomed to Torture.”
Enter Madame.
All of them listened. They heard
the Muffled Curses, the dull Reson
ance of Steel against Steel and Words
of harsh Command.
Then a Scream. It was the hysteri
cal Cry of a Woman In Agony.
“Ruffians!” exclaimed Mr. Gttpin.
“They send a weak Woman to a Liv
ing Death and gloat over her suffer
ings.”
He sprang to his Feet and shook
the massive Bars with the Fury of
a Madman.
‘Brutes! Cowards!" lie shouted.
Anthony awoke and began to Sob
with Fear.
It was a dirty Ijty-Out, all around,
no matter what you say.
Two Guards staggered to the Door
way. They dragged between them a
Woman. She had fainted.
“In with her!” cried one burly At
tendant, hoarsely.
The Door opened and the reeling
Woman fell into the Arms of Kings
bury Gilpin.
Tenderly he lifted the stray Locks
concealing her Face.
"My Wife!” he shrieked.
It Is as the Reader has surmised.
The new Prisoner was Mrs. Gilpin.
“Where am I?” she asked, faintly,
as she opened her Eyes. —
“Here, with your Husband, and Wil
fred. and Leonora, atad Anthony and
also Eugene , Wellington, the Hired
Man.”
“It all comes back to me now,” she
said, In a weak voice. “I would have
complied, at the first Request, but the
Woman who made the Complaint had
been using Henna and Wore Gold in
her Teeth and I wouldn't let that
Hussy get away with Anything. The
next Thing I remember, I was in the
Bine Wagon.”
“What was it all about. Honey?"
asked Mr. Gilpin, tenderly.
“Just as I told you. I was at the
Movies and failed to remove ray Lid."
MORAL: Those who have not yet
got it may do so at Sny Moment.
Long-Standing Dispute *
Over Discovery of Tea
The discovery of tea seems to be
hidden In the mists of conflicting leg
ends. China places the discovery back
in 2700 B. C.; Japan credits It to a
pious disciple of Buddha; the monks
In Thibet were said to have discov
ered tea when they noticed the good
effect upon their goats from feeding
upon a strange glossy leaved plant
Tea, after the people of the Orient
had enjoyed its restful qualities for
many centuries, gradually found its
way to other sections of the world.
The Dutch brought tea to Europe In
1010 and the English became acquaint
ed with It in 1615. However, Arabia
was familiar with the beverage about
850 and the Venetians learned of It in
1559. Tea for a time sold In England
for from $30 to $50 a pound. The
leaves reached Russia In 161S and ar
rived in America In 1G50.
Straight Bean Diet Too
Much for Welsh Miners
Beans, hard-boiled brown beans,
were responsible for the first labor
strike In Cariboo, and perhaps In west
ern Canada, writes Louis Lebourdals
in a Vancouver paper. The strike oc
curred In the winter of 1863-1864.
when 26. Welsh miners employed by
"Captain” John Evans on Lightning
creek. Cariboo, walked out as a pro
test against a straight bean diet
“It was not the noise—and it was
plenty—made by 26 men trying to
crack open and mast 1 cate a plateful
of . half-cooked beans at each meal,
to which we objected,” said Harry
Jones, recalling the Incident. “It was
the smell of the cursed things, as
much as anything, while they were
being cooked.
“The cook, a Welshman like our
selves, was entirely unfamiliar with
even the first essential In the prepar
ation of beans; and for a long time he
refused to learn. We suffered as a
consequence.
“When we struck, vCaptaln' Evans
was furious, but he was forced to com
promise by adding flour and rice to
the bill of fare.”
Formal Notification of
Call to Domestic Duty
It seems that the wife of a well-
known member of the Central Manu
facturing District club, whom we shall
name fictitiously for obvious reasons,
has experienced considerable difficulty
in persuading her spouse to assume
a share in the family responsibilities.
Particularly would she appreciate a
helping hand in the morning when
there are breakfast to get, children to
dress, and a host of other cares to
discharge in a minimum of time.
Other means falling, she finally re
sorted to the formally Ironic and,
wakening him one morning, thrust be
fore his astonished eyes the following
neatly done card:
Mrs. Easton Weswood
requests the esteemed company of
Mr. Easton Weswood
at the robing of their children,
Edward. Eleanor, and Edelweiss,
this morning at seven-fifteen
in the main and only bathroom
of the Weswood domicile.
(Overflow will gather in the south hall)
—Exchange.
Poor Outlook
An anonymous English i>oet doesn’t
take very kindly to the info that our
longevity Is Increasing.
“So we’re all getting stronger, are
bound to live longer? There's noth
ing consoling in that! It's really no
blessing; In fact, it’s distressing to
think we may rival the cat
“The chap who has married will
wish he had tarried; Nine lives with
one wife, In n bog of credits for
dresses and crimps in her tresses
would equal nine lives of a dog.
“Whoever's elated to learn we are
slated for ancient Methuselah’s role.
Is perfectly sappy—or maybe he’s hap
py at thought of nine lives on the
dole."—Bos*on Transcript.
How SHooa Arc Meatured
The difference in the width sizes of
shoes is one-twelfth of an Inch* ac
cording to the standard system of
measurement, explains Pathfinder
Magazine. Widths are indicated al
phabetically by letters; as, AAA. AA.
A. B, C, D, E. The first letter stands
for the narrower widths and the greet
er widths are indicated progressively
to E. By width is meant the amount
of ball room In the shoe, that Is, the
widest part of the front section of
the shoe. Combination lasts are often
used. An A width may be used for
the heel and a B width for the halL
This gives a snug fit to persons hav
ing small honed ankles.
First Mcatioa of Gorillas
The word gorilla is perhaps African,
but more than 2,000 years separate its
first appearance from its present use.
In the Fifth or Sixth ceqtury B. C., a
Carthaginian navigator named Hanno
sailed beyond the Pillars of Hercules
along the west coast of Africa. He
wrote in Punic a record of his adven
ture, and among the wonders he de
scribed were some hairy savages
called gorillas. Hls work was trans
lated Into Greek and later into sev
eral European languages, so that the
word became familiar to naturalists.
In 1847 it was applied to the giant
ape which had recently been described
by explorers.
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Accounting for Stnbblo
“Why does Stubble sit around all
day and never do any work?"
“When he was a boy his teacher
admonished her pupils: ’Wfeto in
doubt," don’t’—and Stubble being al
ways la doubt. Just don’t I"
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“Ocean of Atlaa”
The name Atlantic as applied to the
ocean between Europe and Africa on
the east and north, and the Americas
on the west, comes from the Greek
word Atlas, which referred in Greek
mythology to a divinity having charge
of the pillars which upheld the heav
ens. Atlas was supposed to stand at
the spot where the Strait of Gibraltar
now lies, holding up the sky, and be
cause the Atlantic ocean was reached
through this strait. It was called the
Ocean of Atlas or the Atlantic ocean.
Tho Lion In Scripturo
Balsam the prophet, desirous of
foretelling the future dignity of Is
rael, compares the nation to “a lion
and as a great lion, who shall atlr him
up?" (Numbers 24:9). (Deuteronomy
33:20). "What Is stronger than a
Hon?” said the Philistines to Sampson
(Judges 14;L8)- So might we go
through the Scriptures, were It neces
sary to prove the high ^pinion held by
Ita writers of the power and klngli
Mas of Root
A CLERK—BETTER, A SOLICITOR — who
calls weekly at hundreds of homes in Barnwell County,
not annoyingly ringing the doorbell asking to ‘/see the
lady of the house,” but one who calls pleasantly, tells all
the news of the community, gossips with the family,
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and sells them goods that are in your store.
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If no one is home when this clerk calls, it does
not pass on to the next home, but waits patiently until
some one comes. It then tells its story to the first ar
rival and repeats and repeats to every member of the
family. It never tires—even weeks later this clerk is
still talking, repeating its sales talk and old news of
Barnwell County.
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Incomes have been reduced but among the hun
dreds of people this clerk calls on some one is always
in need of something—something that is in your store.
The cleric sits at night with the** family while they dis
cuss what they need and whether they can afford the
things that this clerk has to offer. John needs some new
shoes. Shoes? Sure, says this clerk. We have them
priced from $3.50 to $8.50. The very size and what you
ant and something that you have been looking for, for
only $4.75, etc., through the needs of the family. This
clerk is on duty all day and night, day in and day out,
week, month and year. Rain, snow or sleet does not
prevent him from making his calls with hundreds of
families.
How much would a clerk, or solicitor, of this kind cost
you per week? Could you afford to pay him what he
r would be-worth? Could you ffnd such a person who
would work night and day regardless and fill the bill
as well as this clerk? Friend of thousands. Always ad
mitted to every home he calls on. Considered a part of
* every family. Such a valuable clerk could demand and
get any salary he wanted, but not this tterk.
Advertising is not an expense! Consider it as
one of your clerks. Put this clerk on your weekly or
monthly payroll. It is a sound investment. One clerk
who is on the streets and in the homes of Barnwell and
this trade area ever soliciting business for your store.
One that sends ih business to keep your other clerics
who stay in your store busy.
Can you afford to be without the services of this
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cleerk? Call and let us tell you how cheaply he will work
. for you.
The People-Sentinel
PHONE 89
BARNWELL, S. C.
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