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-i-T. , • 1 Fi&w ■ I. • ' BARNWELL 50 YEARS AGO. Interesting Items Glesned From the Files of The Barnwell People. OCTCBER 19, 1882. Cdv. Hagood is expected in town it 'i -T* There was a light frost Monday —Is morning. Kext month is the time to marry arni vote the Democratic ticket. Capt. Uriah Dunn wilV reach Barn- wel) on Saturday with a fresh lot of Kentucky horses and mules. Jf you do not get up early and see the comet tomorrow morning it will W 30,000,000 miles further off Sat- •rday mming. Court will commence the second ■amday in November and continue nnlii the calendars afe cleared. Judge AMhrich will preside. The Republican precinct club elect ed on Saturday nine candidates to County Convention. Independent randidates will be endorsed, if they «*ti be found, and the ticket will be kept secret until the day of election. : ‘I The Cotton Crop.—Two-thirds of ■the cotton crop has been gathered. The yield is much better than was an ticipated at the opening of the sea- asm. Receipts at the Itailroad towns ttsue fallen off on account of the dacHne m prices. of debt to merchants and also, we hope, to printers and preachers. Hlackville.—Two new stores were opened lasl° week. Prof. Gray has created a very pleasant impression as an educator and gentleman. Rev. Arthur Buist received on Sat urday a unanimou s call to the pastor ate of the Baptist Church nex^t year. Work on the Barnw’ell Telegraph Line will soon commence. Sells Bros. Circus will exhibitjiere on the 3d prox. The Republican County Convention will meet on tomorrow. Last week Blackville shipped 812 bale 3 of cotton. Receipts to Satur day night amounted to 5,077 bales. ♦. * i i . Good News.—Accounts from all aedaons of the county show that fteahers are honestly devoting their nstton crops to the payment of their dfefctx. Very few goods are being firnght and it is evident that the kroon of the last year has not been forgotten. The great majority of our fsnnera will start the new- year free Elko.—Several planters will en gage in truck farming next year. Several large peach orchards will be planted out this fall. Sixteen rattlesnakes were killed the other day around a stump in Dr. S. S. Owen’s field. Mr. M. F. Nixson w’as offered last week by a New Yorker a thousand dollars for a blooded maie 23 years old. The Republican Movement.—Fred Nix, Jr., has issued his call, summon ing the Republicans of this county to attend the marriage feast of the Greenbackers and Radicals at Black ville on the 31st instant. The meet ing will be, he says, one of the largest and most enthusiastic ever held in Barnwell County. Social and Personal News from Williston Willis ton, Oct. 15.—Mr. and Mrs. Kenlaw Purvis, of St. Petersburg, FIsl, and Mrs. Fred Powell and son, Raid Frank, are visiting their par- ntlfi, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Purvis. Mins Von Etta Boyd, of Washing- ioo. Ga., spent last week-end here writh her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Willis, Jr., and dsoghters spent the week-end with Mr*. WilUs’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Robinson, in Itowesville. Mr. and Mrs. Smith Purvis, of TaJdosta, Ga., after spending several days here with Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Porv is ami other relatives, left for u visit to Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Purvis m SL Petersburg, Fla. Mrs. Paul Cook, of Olar, is visiting her sister, Mis s Betty Matthews and Mrs. Fred W. Toole. Mrs. S. A. Wise, of Aiken, was the week-end guest of her sister, Mrs. W. C. Cunningham. , Among those attending the boat races at Q. A. Kennedy’s lake Sun day afternoon were Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Porter, T. W. Scrftt, C. J. Willis, C. L. Greene and son, Walter Davis, T J. Folk, Q. A. Kennedy, Jr., S. B. Ray and Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Hair and family. Dr. Dallas Fulmer, of Miami, Fla., was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Rainty Fulmer Tuesday. The Rev. and Mrs. R. B. Taylor and children, of Nassau, Del., were guests Friday of Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Rainey Fulmer. It. L. Mims. Williston, Oct. 15.—R. L. Mims, saw mill operator, died at his home here last night after a long illness. He had lived around Williston and Elko his entile life. Funeral and burial services were held at Calvary Church, near here, Saturday afternoon at* 4 o’clock. Sur vivors are his widow, Mrs. Lula Mims, three sens, Louis, Wyman and Herman, and one brother, W. T. Mims, and one sister, Mis. Mattie *■ Bessinger, of Olar. QUARTERLY REPORT . j 12.50 ft' riUi GP THE BOARD OF COUNTY DIRECTORS FOR THE QUARTER * 1 ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 1932. PERRY B. BUSH, Clerk, Board of County Directors. J. J. Bell, public buildings G R. Ptepkv, contingent - Milledge Black, chain gang H. G. Boylston, 4-H Club ,. E. O. Moore, county heme R. R. Moore, salary, county director R. A. Deacon, postage Idis Brabham, s.tlaiy, county director W. D. Black, salary, county director l L S. Still -alary, county director , Mrs. R. S. Dicks, demonstrtron expense Mutilated. Mutilated. A. B. Patterson, salary, county physician _ D. P. Lama ter, salaiy, coroner B. H. Dyehes, dieting prisoners Calhoun and Co., premium on bonds W. H. Manning, salary, auditor, etc F. H. Delk, equalization T. D. Creighton, Jr., county home r Gilmore Harley, deputy J. S. Still, tax collector L. T. Claytoi\ county home Henry Hartzog, chain gang Joe Baxley, chain gang A. M. Ander'scn, chain gang L. Cohen, chain gang Merritt Grocery Co., chain gang E. A. Jenkins, chain gang C. L. Zi-sett, chain gang Terie Richardson, chain gang Tom Blackwood, chain gang C. H. Zorn, special F. S. Brown, equalisation .... S. C. Power Co„ jail and Court house 736 737 738 739 740 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 750 751 752 753 754 755 766 757 758 759 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 769 770 771 772 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 790 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 808 809 810 811 812 813 814 816 817 818 819 820 821 822 F. E. Sanders, chain gang and salary ...j. J. W. Sander's, salary, magistrate J. M. Diamond, magistrate's constable .... W. P. Sanders salary, magistrate G. R. Peeples, salary, magistrate 29.16 D. W. Glover, magistrate’s constable ... 29.16 C. S. Anderson, salary, magistrate 14.58 W. R. Black, salary, magistrate 12.50 W. S. Grubh?, salary, magistrate 25.00 C. L. Hiers, magistrate’s constable 15.83 H. M. Bodiford, magistrate’s constable 27.91 H. B. Sander 3 , magistrate’s constable 12.50 R. L. Bronson, postage 3.50 Jennie P. Greene, rest room i 8.33 Jennie P. Greene, contingent 10.00 A. T. Russell, lunacy J__'_ 15.00 George James, janitor J22.50 F. S. Brown, jail, court house, co. home ---.----.-^1 36.35 B. H. Dyche 3 , salary, jail, etc. 227.91 M. C. Kitchings, salary, magistrate 25.00 W. C. Kennedy, magistrate’s constable 27.91 The People-Sentinel, stationery and adv. 1 ; 75.60 Preston Allen, county home 1Q.00 Cornelia Butler, county home 3.50 L. F. Randall, county home 10.00 J. C. Hoffman, county home 11.00 Green and Company, county home 11.00 A. J. Owens, county home 40.60 Sarah Ray, county home 5.00 Anna Allen, county home 3.00 Mrs. L. B. Baxley, county home 9.00 Lemon Bros., county home 36.95 Irene H Lemon, board of regents 12.50 Frances Lemon, county home 48.26 C. F. Molair, county home 50.10, Lemon Bros., chain gang, etc. 112.62 Margaret McAllister', i-alary, clerk 20.83 John K. Snelling, salary, etc. 75.83 H. Antopolsky, chain gang and jaJl 28.96 E. E. Crowson, printing 6.00 B. S. Moore, Jr., salary, $upt. of education 115.00 J. J. Bell, salary apd stamps .* 65.89 Sarah C. Price, salary, tr'eas. clerk' : 60.00 J. J. Bell,’public buildings 8.50 L. F. Randall, jail 3.00 Clarence Rountree, court house 1.22 J. J. Bell, court expense 10.60 H. M. Cook, Magistrate’^ constable 14.58 J. M. Hill, salary, magistrate 1 14.58 L. T. Claytor, chain gang 30.00 Vickery Bros., county home 1.10 Berry Still, chain gang 4.90 R. A. Deason, chain gang, jail, etc. 62.98 H. A. Gross, lunacy, etc. 25.00 Grubb 3 Chevrolet Co., chain gang 11.10 Vickery Bros., chain gang 172.30 E. F. Woodward, chain gang 210.42 G. W. Moody, public buildings 5.75 J. W. Patterson, chain gang and salary _ 134.68 Barnwell Filling Station, chain gang 49.35 Marvin Holland, chain gang 11.54 Bernice Still, chain gang 58.50 J. E. Mahaffey, chain gang 2.13 C. F. Molair, chain gang 9.18 I. Wolfson, public buildings 20.00 P. O. Beasley, chain gang 29.25 A. B. Patterson, lunacy 10.00 Perry B. Bush, salary, clerk 108.33 E. O. Moore, county home 14.00 R. R. Moore, salary, county director 12.50 Alf. Connor, chain gang 21.60 Perry B. Bush, chain gang* 2.00 J. M. Hill, salary, magistrate - 14.58 J. W. Patterson, -alary, supervisor 129.18 Idis Brabham, salary, county director 12.50 W. D. Black, salary, county director 12.50 L. S. Still, salary, county director 12.50 B. Patterson, salary, county phy-ician 33.33 P. Lancaster, salary, coroner — 33.33 L. Bronson, salaiy, clerk of court 125.00 S. Blanchard, lunacy — 5.00 Wallis Cone, lunacy 10.00 J. F. Kneece, lunacy 5.00 C H. Zorn, special — 5.00 Mrs. R. S. Dicks, demonstration expense — 10.00 C. F Molair, chain gang 17.20 Merritt Grocery Co., chain gang — 49.51 Grubbs Chevrolet Co., chain gang —' 48.2*5 Beinice Still, chain gang 58.50 F. S. Brown, court house, j^il, etc. .1 — 23.05 *—8: *£. Power Co., jail and court house 16.49 v ' ' • The People-Sentinel, stationery and adv. 1 33.25 R.-L. Bronson, printing — 5.25 H. M. Bodiford, constable and chain gang — 28.91 W. C. Kennedy, chain gang and constable 40.11 W. S. Grubbs, salary, magistrate 25.00 M. C. Kitchings, ialary, magistiate 25.00 Jennie P. Greene, rest room — 8.33 W. H. Manning, salary, auditor 55.55 G. S. Harley, deputy sheriff 50.00 J. S. Still, tax collector 66.66 H. H. Hartzog, chain gang 67.50 Joe Baxley, chain gang _—--—— 67.50 A. M. Andersen, chain gang 58.50 L. Cohen, chain gang —•*. 22.60 J. M. Diamond, magistrate’s con-tble 29.16 D. W r . Glover, magistrate’s constable r 29.16 G. R. Peeples, magistrate — 29.16 W. P. Sanders, salary, magistrate —29.16 J. W. Sanders, salary, magistrate - 12.50 C. S. Anderson, salary, magistrate 14.58 F. E. Sanders, magistrate’s constable 12.50 C. L. Hieis, magistrate’s constable ‘ 15.83 H. B. Sanders, magistrate’s constable 12.50 W. K. Black, salary, magistrate 12.50 Margaret McAllister, salary, clerk 21.17 Vickery Bros., county home 1-16 J. J. Bell, bonds and interest 1,025.00 B. H. Dyehes, salaiy, sheriff - - - 191.66 B S. Moore, Jr., salary, co. supt. ed. _ — 115.00 Sarah C. Price, salary, treas. clerk - 60.00 J. J. Bell, salary and stamps 66.39 B. S. Moore, Jr., stamps _r 7.00 Jonas Croft, chain gang 2.60 Mose Jeff coat, jail 1.00 T. D. Creighton, Jr., county home 4.00 L. T. Claytcr, luncy and county home 21.66 A. J. Owens, county home 44.40 Preston Allen, county home MO.OO Sarah Ray, county home - . 5.00 Anna Allen, county home — 3.00 Cornelia Butler, county home 3.50 ’ P. J. Hiers, ccunty home 6.00 C. W. Templeton, county home 5.57 J. L. Buist and Son, county home — 34.00 C. F. Molair, county home 31.75 B. M. Jenkins, Jr., county home .l - 6.50 A. D. R. A. 870 871 872 873 874 875 876 877 878 879 880 881 882 883 884 885 886 887 888 889 890 891 892 893 894 895 896 897 898 899 900 901 902 903 904 905 906 907 908 909 910 911 912 913' 914 915 916 917 918 919 920 921 922 923 924 9&5 926 927 ‘ 928 929 930 931 932 933 • -934 935 ’ 936 937 938 939 940 941 942 943 944 945 946 9 7 948 949 950 951 952 953 954 r 955 -.956 - . , 957 ' 958 959 960 961 962 963 964 965 966 967 968 969 970 971 972 973 974 975 976 977 978 979 980 - 981 982 983 984 985 986 987 988 989 990 991 992 993 994 995 996 997 998 999 1000 1001 1002 Lemon Bros., county home, jail, etc. . B. S. Moore, Jr., stamps -- George James, jtfflltor ---— Brown and Bush, attorneys Barnwell ^Filling Station, chain gang Tom Blackwood, chain gang H. Antopolsky, chain gang Vickery Bros., chain gang ■ R. A. Deason, jail, chain ^ang, etc. E. F. Woodward, chain gang M. A. Owens, county heme John K. Snelling, salary, lunacy, etc. Mutilated. J. E. Harley, county home Mrs. L. B. Baxley, county home B. S. Moore, Jr., salary, co. supt. ed. H. M Cook, magistrate’s constable -■ Walker, Evans and Cogswell Co., piinting P. W. Price, court house Est. R. D. Reid, jail -- ... 192.97 ' S \ BaA ... 32.16 ... 21.75 ■mM . 75.00 » 62.50 i- ■ ' 8.47 . 12.40 8a _ 1.7o i 1 20.55 \ 137.42 * 1 .. 69.99 . 243.36 J 4.57 I .. 12.50 1 4.20 j .. 75.83 ’ i 4.45 9.00 20.00 14.58 54.27 Helen Brabham, county home i. 1.00 _ .... 4.00 . 79.75 111.16 .... 26.69 5.25 50.00 150.00 Barnwell Motor Co., chain gang Perry B. Bush, salary and chain gang T. A. Holland, chain gang J Tom Blackwood, chain gang S. B. Moseley, chain gang D. R. Lyde, contingent J. J. Bell, interest on bonds - 840.00 J. J. Bell, interest on bonds *■— 580.50 J. J. Bell, interest on bonds - 953.00 Idis Biabham, salary, county director 12.50 W. D. Black, salary, county director 12.50 R. R. Moore, salary, county director - — 12.50 L. S. Still, salary, county director — 12 50 A. B. Patterson, .salary, county physician 33.33 Mis. R. S. Dicks, demonstration expense — 10.00 Ike Hutto, chain gang - *^' ) Merritt Grocery Co., chain gang — - 106.41 J. B. Morris, jail, office, etc. - r -- 89.94 C. H. Zorn, special - ^.00 F. S. Brown, jail, county home, etc 18.70 J. B. Morris, postage — 8.5o H. G. Boylston, demonstration expense - 23.00 R. L. Bronson, postage, etc. • 6.7n S. C. Power Co., court house and jail 15.31 Jennie P. Greene, rest room —.— — 8.33 N. A. Hiers, salary, coroner 33.33 C. S. Anderson, salary, magistrate 14.58 J. M. Hill, salary, magistrate 14.58 M. C. Kitchings, chain gang, etc — 26.2<’ C. L. Hiers, magistrate's constable 15.83 W. C. Kennedy, chain gang and constable — 30.96 H. M. Cook, magistrate’s constable 14.58 George James, janitor - 21.00 Diekey-Gramler Co., contingent ^6.00 J. W. Sanders, .salary, magistrate F. E. Sanders, magistrate’s constable v Joe Baxxley, chain gang 67.50 H. H. Hartzog, chain gang __ — 67.50 J. S. Still, tax collector 66.66 W. H. Manning, salary, auditoi 55.55 The People-Sentinel, stationery and adv 15.75 A. Ghingold, chain gang 12.10 T. D. Creighton, Jr., county home 4.00 W. S. Grubbs, salary, magistrate 25.00 H M. Bodiford, chain gang and salary 28.91 H. B. Sanders, salary, constable - 12.50 W. K. Black, salary, magistiate 1 ( 12.50 Best Pharmacy, jail 3.50 D. W. Glover, chain gang ^ 9.00 C. F. Molair, chain gang — __ 10.48 Mrs. B. H. Dyehes, dieting pri-oners 86.00 Jessie Bronson, board of registration 12.50 J; W. Patterson, .salary, supervisor 129.18 Sarah C. Price, salary, treas. clerk — 60.00 J. J. Bell, salary and postage 66.64, B. S.- Moore, Jr., salary, co. supt. ed. __—: 115.(^0 C. M. Turner, court expea-e —— -___ 4 3.00 L. F. Randall, jail 1 2.50 J. J. Bell, piinting — 1.80 H. Antopolsky, jail —: 7.00 Margaret McAllister, salary, clerk 21.75 R. A. Deason, chain gang, jail, etc 49.35 H. J. Phillips, county home 2.60 C. O. Meyer, county home 20.00 W. T. Hankinson, county home 15.00 C. F. Molair, county home 31.75 Mrs. L. B. Baxley, county home 9.00 C. C. Cheek, county home LtV 24.00 Cornelia Butler, county home ... ... 3.50 Sarah Ray, county home 5.00 Pre-ton Allen, county home 10.00 Anna Allen, county home 2.75 A. J. Owens, county j home 40.15 J. C. Baxley, county home 2.00 J. W. Walker, county home 6.00 I. W. Rountree and Son, county home 10.00 Lemon Bros., jail, county home, etc. 170.64 Irene H. Lemon, board of regents 12.50 M. A. Owens, contingent 20.00 J. B. Morris, contingent 7.00 John K. Snelling, premium on bond 42.95 J. J. Bell, court expense 10.00 L. T. Claytor, .salary 16.66 Joe Myrick, chain gang 191 Vickery BrosTrThain gang 100.81 Lorick and Lowrance, chain gang. 44.80 A. B. C. Still, chain gang 24.60 Grubbs Chevrolet Co., chain gang 14 50 E. O. Moore, county home \ 1490 J. M. Halford, board of reg. 12.56 J. P. Conley, special 21.13 Miss Helen Brabham, county home 2.00 E. F. Woodward, chain gang 161.36 John K. Snelling, salary, postage, etc 55 g 3 Barnwell Filling Station, chain gang 5338 Marvin Holland, chain gang ig 47 Perry B. Bush, salary, clerk ' ina<ri L.,S. Still, chain gang 6 ^ 5 J. P. Conley, chain gang i. 2 6.42 State Highway Dept., contingent •_ .j 44 ^ :