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1 < t \ \ x \ THURSDAY. .OCTOBER 29, 1932. THE BARNWELL ^EOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE SEYEZC. \ 1 Man's "Allotted Year• , * Disputed by Scientist Deterioration lu old people Is not due chiefly to any inevitable effect in the bodily machinery; It appears more In feeling than it exists in fact. This was the conclusion of Prof. Wal ter R. Miles, of Stanford university, published in a report of the National Academy of Sciences. The statement was based on a se ries of mental and physical tests of more than 800 persons which proved that many individuals of seventy years and over responded as readily and ac curately to tests as did many not over fifty. The slowing down of the activ ities of aged persons, Professor Miles concluded, was attributable to a psy chological defensive measure. In large part, doubtless, it is a con cession to opinion and an effect of tradition. The aging person so fre quently is told he is “getting old" and must slow down that he obeys as bow ing to the inevitable. In like manner probably many succumb to ailments which they might resist were they not induced by their frame of mind to ac cept them as necessary and invincible enemies. It is quite possible that the age limit might be considerably ex tended were it not for the age-old tra dition that man’s allotted span is three score years and ten. Professor Miles’ studies should en courage those worthy enthusiasts who set their stake at attaining the cen tury mark^-Detroit News. Mendel Now Recognized as Leader in Genetics Genetics, or the study of heredity and hereditary changes, was first recognized in 1900 when Hugo De Vries, the Dutch scientist, discovered a published study made by the Aus trian monk Oregon Hohann Mendel of his experiments in breeding peas, in 1865. But the study,’ now recog nized as one of the most thorough scientific experiments ever made and recorded, was published in an ob scure Journal and lost to the w r orld until Professor DeVries found and recognized'its worth. The wide rec ognition of Mendel’s work, and ac ceptance of Mendel’s law, which still guides the profession, led to the first international congress In London in 1905. The meeting was held to dis cuss hybrids and hybridizing; the term genetics was not accepted until the next congress in Paris In 1910; since that time other conferences have been held in liOndon, Berlin, and New York city. First Railroad Tickets In 1836 Thomas Edmondson of Lan caster, England, was statlonmaster and. booking clerk at the little station of Milton, on the then Newcastle St Carlisle railway. Feeling the need for a systematic check on the issuance of tickets, he first wrote with pen and ink upon pieces of cardboard the names of the issuing and collecting stations, the number of the ticket and fare for the Journey. The next evolved a case in which the various descrip tions of tickets could be safely kept and at the same time conveniently is sued. This resulted in the Edmond son ticket case, which remained in use, without improvement, until the inven tion of an American ticket case in 1S74. Good Word for Starling The starling’s habit of flying in great flocks has been subject to com ment by writers even as far back as Pliny. The extraordinary precision with which the flock of hundreds, or even thousands, wheels, closes, opens up, tises and descends, as if the whole body were a. single living thing, all* these movements being executed with out a note or cry being uttered, must be seen to be appreciated and may be seen repeatedly with' pleasure. This same flocking habit, which gives star lings much blame, may also be an asset, in the case of extreme insect plagues, when the Huge flocks may descend upon a stricken area and “clean up" the insects in short‘’order. Plaintive "Love Song" When you hear the plaintive drawn- out wail that is the note of the screech owl, you will wonder where the tufted little fellow ever got his name. If you are melancholy yourself you may vibrate in sympathy to the note of sad ness in his voice. If you are super stitious, you will think of evil things to happen. To many folks the harm less little o\vl, smallest of all the “eared" owls, is regarded 'as a bird of ill omen. But if you are a lover of the wild, and interested in living things for their own sakes, you will probably say that the screech owl is only uttering his love song—appreci ated by none except the one for whose ears it is intende<i.—Exchange. Blindfolded Judge James Hawkins Peck, Missouri’s first United States Judge, dispensed justice liferally blindfolded like the allegori cal figure of the goddess of Justice, in the days when SL Louis was a mere fur-trading post of only 5,000 popula tion. Judge Peck always sat on the bench blindfolded, affecting .this covering be cause of fear that light would cause him to lose his sight Whenever he left his'home be donned the blind fold. A servant led him to bis car riage and assisted him to bis place in the courtroom. Ttyi clerk of the court apd attorneys hppearing before him were forced’to rend all essential documents to him.—Detroit News. New Fable of the Flapper Feud . 85 By GEORGE ADE \ r V- ©, 1#32, Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service. O NCE there was a Lone Man who was compelled to take a ride on the new kind of Bus which is helping the Zinc Elizabeth to make a Joke out of the average Passenger Train. This Con veyance looked like a Battle Ship with WheeJs. It breathed Blue Smoke and made a Noise like Niagara Falls, and when it came surging along a rural Highway the Chickens would beat it for behind the Barn and remain there for Days. The Traveler, who had planted him self In one of the springy Seats, had a couple of fresh Magazines in his Lap and counted on finding out how all of the Butter-and-Egg Men started as Weed-Pullers and got their Kale by hiring Employees who were too dumb to steal. Like many other Readers, he was keen for these Con fessions of the Successful, little sus pecting that most of the Strong-Arms who have taken it away from the Com mon People, hide their Black Jacks and Masks after they become Bank Directors and, after that, want to talk about Paintings, and the Opera. He had Just started to eat up a thrilling Piece entitled, "How it feels to be Red Headed” when his Attention was directed to two Pearls of Young Womanhood planted directly across the Aisle. Claudine’s Porous Eats. They were Regulars and had over looked Nothing. They were clipped high and bad been dipped in Flour and had large rolling Eyes and wore One-Piece Gowns wtilch did not seem to be securely fastened. The ex posure included a long vertical Stretch of Shin-Bone. This Traveler had no Desire to pry into the Secrets of these Cuties, who probably came of Refined People, no matter what they looked like. lie was no Eavesdropper, Interloper or Buttin- sky. If he could have kept out of their Confidence he would have done so. But his only Chance would have been to get off the Bus. Because he could not help himself, he heard the whole Story, involving an undramatic Prologue, a treacherous Betrayal, Scandal and Dirt, Plot and Counterplot, the dissolution of Friend ships and the bust-up of Love's Young .Dream. That is to say. he got it in a General Way. Some of the Intrigues were a bit turgid and the Details be came jammed in the Talking Machin ery but, as nearly as he could gather It up and sort It out and unravel it, here was the whole Seismic Disturb ance: Everything had been O. K. between Edna and Claudine up to the time of the Picnic. It must have been, be cause the two of them packed In the same Basket, and It was understood, from the Beginning, that they would eat with Raymond and Ollie, but noth ing was said before the Picnic about Claudine’s Boob Cousin from Spring- field who was nothing but a Ringer and had an Appetite like a Horse. It wouldn't have been so bad If Claudine had come through Fifty- Fifty, but she was always looking for a Chance to make a Splurge with some body else’s Chow. For one Thing, she didn't bring any Pickles or Thousand Island Dressing, after promising, and her Sandwiches were so thin the Sun could shine through them. Just the same, she told 'Everybody where to sit and let on as If It was her Party, all the time telling Edna what to open nex *' Elmer the Goof. All of that Rough Stuff at the Picnic might have been forgotten if she hadn't traipsed all over Town the next Week telling Everybody that Edna had told Alma that Raymond was going to be Captain of the Basket Ball Team Instead of Elmer. Always trying to start something. Her Middle Name was certainly War. Edna had told Alma, right in front of the Public Library, or it might have been more in Front of the Service Garage, that she hoped Raymond would be Captain, because everyone knew be was the best player, but she hadn't even men tioned Elmer's Name and wouldn’t have, for the World, beeuz she had always been friendly with Elmer and liked him, in a Way. even if he was a Goof to look at. but Anybody who said that Elmer had any License to be Captain of the Team must have Mush In the Coco, to say the least, coming right down to it, as far as that’s con cerned. It was a Funny Thing that Claudine w'ould knock Raymond the way she had and then go out to vamp him. And get away with it! Right from the Start Claudine had misrepre sented. in every Way. Shape, Manner and Form, everything that Edna had said about the Basket Ball Team, even going so far as saying to Raymond, after he didn’t get to be Captain, that he would have been all right if Edna hadn’t queered him by going to the Superintendent and some of the Boys and shooting off her Mouth and get ting everybody sore at her. All of which yras a P^ck of Lies, beeuz Edna never opened her Face about Basket Ball unless she was asked and then aaid, Id a Nice Way, that she hoped Raymond would be Captain beeuz that was before he had goue Blooey, In the Bean and fallen for the pinheaded Wiggler and Giggler. Probably Raymond was a Gancr un lens somebody could get to him and give him the L6w-Down and Inside on the Trouble-Maker. Beeuz, say what you will, Raymond wasn’t such a Bad Scout. Just weak, that’s all. Clau- d ln e hml Buttons pn him beeuz the Simp believed everything she passed out to him. It was only a Ques-, tion of Time until he got wise to all that Apple Sauce she was feeding him and' then he would walk out on her and leave her flat. You know it. Sooner or later he would find out what she had told Mr. Finch, who ran the Picture Show. It seems that she Bad been waiting out In Front for the poor Egg to show up and take her in to see “Unprotected Women" and Mr. Finch in a joshing Way, started to kid her about Raymond and she said that he was nothing in her Young Life but she couldn’t give him the Air beeuz he was Nuts about her and tag ging at her Heels every Minute. Those were the very identical Words she had used, beeuz Mr. Finch had told Mrs. Finch, who had Imparted the Big Sen sation to Alberta VVilcox. Swiping the Old Greek Badge. The very Idea of her saying that Raymond had been chasing her when everybody in Town knew that she had been making Googy-Eyes at him for a Year and doing a lot of other Things that no Girl who had been well brought up would think* of doing! For one Thing, he couldn’t back the Car out of the Garage without her being on the Corner, all diked up like a Horse and Buggy, to flag him. Every time she pulled the Old One about Just hap- pening, to be there. It’s -funny where they went riding at Night. Her mother didn’t seem to have the slightest Control over her. She could get away with all that Mur der for a While but sooner or later she would get such a Hard Name that she wouldn’t be able to break into a Public Dance with a letter of Intro duction from President Hoover. If Raymond wasn’t such a Goose he’d remember what she pulled on George Spclvin while he was home from the Academy. She told around that he gave her the Frat Pin. but it was purty well known that she Just the same as swiped It and then gave him the Old One about losing it, which is awful Coarse Work, if anyone should ask. Kit Lawrence had told EfBe Dusenberry that she knew Claudine still had the Badge. If that didn’t make a Thief out of her. what would you call it? I ask you. As for having a Chance to go to Hollywood and be in a Picture, nil that Chatter just proved that she was Crazy in the Head.' Somebody had told her she looked like Joan Craw ford and since then there had been no living with her. No wonder Everybody was sorry for her Mother. It seemed that the Future of the Universe was now hinging on the Junior Prom. She (Claudine) had been buying Things and telling around that Raymond was going to take her, but Edna and Blanche said wouldn’t it be a Good Joke if he gave her the Toss? While further Plans for saving the much-to-be-desired Raymond were on the Fire, the Traveler had to alight and he may never know what hap pened to the Eternal Triangle. MORAL: Suffering in Silence has become a Lost Art. >» Normal Eye* Unhurt by Watching the “Movie* If moving pictures hurt your £yes, your eyes are wrong and not the mov ing pictures, points out a recent bul letin of the Better Vision institute. Normal eyes are not strained by the movies from any position in the thea ter, while eyes that are subnormal, aging or overworked feel the burden of several hours of focused attention on the screen. “A moving figure on the screen should not strain our eyes any more than any other moving object,” says the bulletin. “We actually see in a series of short, rapid jerks. That is the reason that sleight-of-hand per formers can do their tricks, for their hands actually mme faster than our eyes.. The moving picture machine takes advantage of this fact and pre sents a series of snapshots so rapidly that the eye does not perceive the change. The ‘persistence of vision.’ or the lingering of the image In the eyes, gives the sensation of eontinn- ousness. Bpt exactly the same thing happens when we look at any moving object. If anything hurts the moving picture-goer's eyes, it is focusing them uninterruptedly on the same spot for two or three hours. If the visual mus cles are weak or tired, any other fo^ cused attention would strain them. Moving pictures are therefore one of the most infallible means of knowing whether or not you are due for a visit to the eyesight specialist." Just Difference of Opinion The resident in a London suburban street where the houses all look alike was returning home after a night out. He was endeavoring to make his key fit a lock for which it was not In tended, when the window above nim opened and an Irascible voice called but: “You’re trying to get Into the wrong house, you fool.” The reveler looked upward and answered: “Not at all. It’s you who are looking out of the wrong window, you idiot.”— London Sporting and Dramatic News. Gossip’* Momentum Two men met in a village and after * few minutes conversation, one re marked : “You’ve heard what they are saying about Smith; do you sup pose It’* truer “I don’t know,” replied the other, “but I do know this. If you *et a feather free at one end of the village, It’ll be n feather bed before it |*ts to the o\!sc*r.” Elephant Mide History in Conquest of India If, In 1700 B. C., numbers had de cided the conflict between Alexander the Great—and—tho Indian prince, I’orus, on the battlefield of Jellum, the Greek influence in India would have been unknown, but It was for the elephant to make history. In the forefront of the great Indian army was a vanguard of elephants which were expected to trample beneath their feet and to terrorize the Insolent ■ foe. Behind the elephants were the cavalry and the charioteers, and be hind the cavalry and the charioteers was the Infantry. Alexander ordered his men to direct all their arrow* against and to throw lighted torches In the faces of the elephants. The frightened pachyderms turned swiftly around and stampeded the cavalry and the charioteers behind them; these in turn stampeded the Infantry, and in a few moments the fate of western India was decided. If, In deed, there had been no elephants, there would have been no Fatalla and no Hyderabad. Muaeum Exhibit Recalla Tragic Arctic Episode The Museum of Science and Indus try, Chicago, has among its exhibits several cans of soup which were car ried by the third relief expedition sent to Major General A. W. Greely, Unit ed States soldier and explorer, more than a half century ago. Greely’s famous expedition to the Arctic regions was undertaken in 188L The party reached Discovery Harbor on Lady Franklin bay, Grinnell land, during the summer. There they es tablished a permanent station, where they remained until the late summer of 1883, when they retreated south ward, according to a prearranged plan, finally reaching Cape Sabine aft er a Journey of 400 miles. There they expected to meet relief ships, or at least to find supplies cached at desig nated points. Failing in this, they were obliged to spend the winter at Cape Sabine, where all but seven of the party lost their lives as a result of starvation and exposure. ADVERTISE IN The People- Sentinel. and having such shape, metes, eottrses and distances as will more fully 1 * ap pear by reference to a thereof made by J. T. Wise, C. Augusta, Georgia, dated November 22nd, 1918, and ALSO: All that certain lot, tract or par cel of land containing ninety-nine (99) acres, more or less, located, \Jying and being about six miles north-east of the town of Williston, in the County of Barnwell and State of South Carolina, being bounded as follows: to-wit: Orlthe North by llhds now or forlnerly belonging to J. G. Fanning; on the East by waters of Y’arroe Bianch; on the South by landr of James Peeples and on the West by land? of G. W. Greene and having such shape, metes, courses and distances as will more fully ap pear by reference to » plat thereof made by P. M. Hankinson, Surveyor, dated January 29th, 1926. Terms of sale. One-third cash and the balance in one, two and three years with interest at seven per cent., payable semi-annually, the credit por tion to be evidenced and secured by note, or notes, and purchase money mortgage of the purchaser, satisfac tory in form and execution to the at torneys of the plaintiff; with the priv ilege to pay more than one-third or all cash. A deposit of $300.00 to be required of any bidder, except the plaintiff, before accepting his bid, the same to be forfeited anS applied to judgment and costs in the event of non-ccmpliance within forty days from the date of sale. Purchaser to pay for papeis and revenue stamps. G. M. GREENE, Master for Barnwell County. Legal Advertisements ORDER FOR REFERENCE. State of South Carolina, County of Barnwell. tin the Probate Court. Inez Leva! Greene, as Executrix un der the Will of G. W. Greene, De ceased, and as Sole Devisee Under the Said Will of G. W. Greene, De ceased, in Behalf of Said Estate and for the Benefit of All the Creditors Thereof Who May Come Into This' Proceeding and Share in the Expenses Thereof Plaintiff, Against George E. Crouch. W. E. Raines, Watson Manufacturing Company, Katie L. Merritt, Daisy Willis, Swift and Company, B. C. Mat thews, James Cannon, Mollie A. Brown, Nettie H. Matthi-ws and Enterprise Hardware Company, ^Defendants. TO: THE ABOVE NAMED CRED ITORS: YOU. WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT a Refeience in the above stated cause will be held in the Court of Probate upon Tuesday, the 8th day of November, A. D. 1932, for the purpose of proving all claims against the said estate, at 10:30 o’ clock in the forenoon. YOU WILL GOVERN YOURSELVES ACCORD INGLY. . \ JOHN K. SNELLING, Judge of Probate, Barnwell Co. S, C. Oct. 19th, 1932. ’ \ SHERIFF’S SALE. MASTER’S SALE. Under and by virtue of a de cree of the Court of Com mon Pleas for Barnwell Coun ty, S. C., in the case of First; Caioli- nas Joint Stock Land Bank of Col umbia, plaintiff, vs. Inez Laval Greene, individually and as executrix of the estate of George W. Greene, deceased defendant, I, the undersigned Master, will sell in front cf the Court House at Barnwell, S. C., during the legal hour s of sale, on the 7th day of No vember, 1932, same being salesday. to the highest bidder, the following described premises: All that certain lot, tract or parcel of land containing three hundred and thirty-two and four tenths (332.4) acres, more or less, located, lying and being about 1 mile north of the town of Williston, in the County of Barn well, and State of South Carolina, be ing bounded as follows, to-wit: On the North by land* of F. T. Merritt, W.>E. Prothro and Mrs. L. E. Ander son; on the East by lands of A. F. Greene; on the South by lands of R. J. Rountree, W. W. Smith and land* of the L. Harley estate and on the West by a road separating said lands from lands of B. M. Smith and others State of South Carolina, County of Barnwell. THE STATE vs BILL THOMAS. 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, between \ the legal hours of sale in front of the Court House at Barnwell, S. C., on Monday, the 7th day of November, 1932, this being Salesday in said month, the following described real estate: Two acres, 1 building in Blackville Township, bounded as follows: North by Tom Grubbs; East by Buford’s Bridge Road; South by L. E. Mc Cormack, and West by L. E. McCor mack. Levied upon and sold to satisfy the above Execution and Costs. J B. MORRIS, Sheriff, B. C. Bapnwell, S. C., 12th day of Oct., 1932. tion should not be granted. Given under my Hand this eighth day of October, 1932. Y JOHN K. SNELLING, Judge of Probate. Published on the 13th day of Octo ber, 1932, in The Barnwell People- Sentinel. Notice to Debtor* and Creditors. Notice is hereby given that all persons holding claims against the estate of Mrs. Daisy D. Buckingham, deceased, must fil^them duly attested with the undersigned Executrix, and all persons indebted to said estate are asked to make prompt payment to the undersigned Executrix. Mrs. Maude D. Holmes, Executrix of the Estate of Mrs. Daisy D. Buckingham. Barnwell, S. C., Oct. 15, 1932. NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BANK. OF WESTERN CAROLINA. Pursuant to an Order of The Hon orable E. C. Dennis, Circuit Judge, dated March 14, 1932, in re, Bank o^ Western Carolina, all persona, firms or corporations having claims or demands against the Bank of Western Carolina, including any claim or claims to preference in pay ment of such claims from the assets in the hands of the Receiver of said Bank, except deposit creditors who do not claim a prefetcence, are here by required to file their claims duly itemized and sworn to, with me, the undersigned Receiver of the said Bank of Western Carolina, at the head office of the Bank of Western Carolina in Aiken, S. C., on or before the 1st day of December, 1932; and in c&?e you fail to file such claim on or before said date, the said claima will be barred. Where such claims have already been filed with the Re ceiver, it will not be necessary to file them again under this notice. T. C. TARVER, As Receiver of Bank of Western September 20, 1932. Carolina* Notice to Debtors and Creditors. SHERIFF’S SALE. State of South Carolina, County of Barnwell. THE STATE vs ESTATE OF A. J. JOHNSON 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, between the legal hours of sale in front of the Court House at Barnwell, S. C., on Monday, the 7th day of November, 1932, this being Salesday in said month, the following described real estate: All that piece, parcel or lot of land ntar the Town of Blackville, with the buildings and improvements thereon, measuring and containing 145 feet in depth, and 130 feet on the front and rear, (situate in the County and State above named, and bounded on the North by lands of J. M. Hal ford, formerly P. W. Farrell; East v by estate land- of Emily Simms; outh by public road leading from ackville to Denmark, S. C., known as\the Beaver Dam Road, and West by dands of Charlie Cato. Levied upon and sold to satisfy the above\ Execution and Costs. J B. MORRIS, Sheriff, B. C. Barnwell. S. C., 12th day of Oct., 1932. Notice is hereby given that all persons holding claims against tha estate of W. C. Smith, Sr., deceased, must file them duly attested to the undersigned Executrix, and all per sons indebted to said estate are ask ed to make prompt payment to the undersigned Executrix. Carrie K. P. Smith. Executrix of the Estate of W. C. Smith, Sr. Williston, S. C., Sept. 30, 1982. Stp UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA f AIKEN DIVISION. CITATION NOTICE. The State oV South Carolina, County of \BarnweIl. By John K. 'Snelling, Esq., Probate Judge. \ ' Whereas, Mallle P. Gantt hath made suit to me to grant unto her Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of Waldo Douglass Gantt. THESE ARE, THEREFORE, to cite and admonish aH and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Wal do Douglass Gantt, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Barn well, S. C., on Saturday, Oct. 22, next after publication thereof, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, to .show cause, if any thay have, why the said Administra- FEDERAL INTERMEDIATE CRED- IT BANK OF COLUMBIA, Plaintiff, VS. HENRY DAVID STILL, JR., MRS. M. E. STILL AND V. C. BADHAM AND FRANK G. HAMBLEN aa Receiver^ of Badham Lumber Com pany, Defendants. .Pursuant to an order of sale in the above entitled cause granted bjr Honorable Ernest F. Cochran, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of South Carolina, on July 27, 1932, I will offer for sale to tha highest bidder for cash in front of the Court house at Barnwell, South Carolina, on Thursday, November 3, 1932, between the hours of eleven a. M. and two p. m., the following de scribed realty, to-wit: All of that certain piece, parcel or tract of Jland, situate, lying, end being partly in Barnwell and Orange burg Counties, State of South Caro lina, containing seventeen hundred (1700) acres, more or less; and bounded, on the North by the Ediste River and lands of Odom, Martin, Willis and Staley; East by lands of J. T. BoyDton and E. C. Matthews; and West by E. C. Matthews and X. C Matthews, and E. S. Hammond. This being the same tract of land con veyed to M. E. Still by M. M. StiH by deed recorded in Book 8-P at page 125 in the offi<^ of the Clerk of the Court of Barnwell County. No bid will be received from bidder other than the plaintiff -has not prior to the opening of the bidding deposited with me a certified check for Five Hundred Dollars upon some National Bank er some Bank which is a member of thr Federal Reserve System. All depot* its made by unsuccessful bidden wifi be immediately returned. The de posit made by a successful bidder w3I be applied upon the purchase' price ef the property of held as * liquidated damages in case of default. ERNEST L. ALLEN, , -. Special Jn