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y JOHN W. HOLMES 1S4*—1911. B. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor. Entered at the post office at Barnwell, S. C., as second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.60 Six Months *— Three Months .60 (Strictly In Adraaca.) THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1933. 0JT-* Wonder if Cuba is fighting a war to end war? We hope everything’s O. K., but the way the Republicans are cooperat ing in the New Deal looks mighty suspicious. Florida has her hurricanes and California her earthquakes. A happy medium is HT ole South Carolina, whose “cawn likker” has the force of a hurricane and the shock of an earth quake. There’s always something to be thankful for. Editor W. W. Smoak, of the Walterboro Press and Stand ard, and Banker R. 0. Bowden, of Hampton, have closed their news paper controversy anent the repeal of the 18th Amendment. And in spite of their published verbiage, it is safe to say that neither has changed a single vote, pro or con. Nor does it matter very much how South Caro lina votes on repeal, so far as the ulti mate outcome is concerned. The thing that concerns South Carolinians is the proper control of the liquor traf fic when—not if—the 18th Amend ment is repealed. Prohibition has been weighed in the balancer of pub lic opinion throughout the nation and found woefully wanting, as shown by the overwhelming majorities for 'repeal in the 32 States in which elec tions have been held. i| Nobody’s Business By Gee McGee. Goat Gettera. Carelessness and buiness aie bed-fellowg and twin brothers. But careless people are not always lazy people, but lazy pe pie are most al ways caielesa. I am too critical and ah< uld not try tJ judge. Carelessness gets on my nctves quicker than a'l other short-comings combined. Petty carelessness in the home- such as leaving the lights on, forget ting to turn off the spigot in the yard, permitting the gas to burn with nothing over the burner, letting the electric stove burn all night, keeping the radio on and not listening to the programs—keep a guy’s blood pres sure up something terrible. Your kids (possibly) and mine without fail—leave their shoes and dresses ami britches right in the mid dle of the floor where they pull them off; in the bath-room, bed-ro-m, front veranda, and just anywhere—because there’s generally a long-suffering mother that will come along and pick them up. At the office—the janitor will empty the waste basket and leave it sitting in the hall outside; the room will be swept with the typewriters and adding machines uncovered; and all of us will pile everything we use or move or pick up or transfer right on top of my desk or her desk or his desk or somewhere else except where we got it, or where it belongs. The following alibig are used by nearly all of u>: “I forgot; I never heard you; I overlooked it; nobobdy told me; how should I know; why, I never heard of such a thing; I thought it was 75 cents a dozen; John did that; I thought; I guessed at it; I took it for granted; I imagined it was the same thing; It looked like a 5; I thought he would handle that; I meant to; I will attend to that to morrow; I told him to tell you. The Pesky Gnat. September and October is gnat season in many parts of the South. Next to the housefly, the lowly gnat is the most insulting and disturbing- insect extant. Nobody so far has found any reason for the gnat; he’s just here and perfectly at home. Gnats enjoy crawling through screen wire into sitting rooms and sleeping porches. Gnats are more prolific around saw mills, dog kennels and peoples’ eyes, ears and noses than anywhere else. You can “shoo” a gnat away from your left eye-ball 999 times per minute and he will be right back try ing to crawl into the said eye before you can possibly “shoo” again. Gnats are often mistaken for pepper in pickles, salads, chicken pie, ansoforth, and that is why so few folks complain of them. Gnats don’t taste like pepper, but unlike flies, they are not poisonous. Gnats usual ly travel in droves or sw’arms: there are never less than 675 gnatj trying to get in one’s ears, eyes, mouth and nose at one time. The County Treasurer’s office will be open from fP er r to March 15th, 1934, for collecting 1933 taxes, which inc u e rea a pe. - sonal property, poll and road tax. qi , All taxes due and payable between September 15 and December 31 1933, will be collected without penalty. All. taxes no par as s be subject to penalties as provided by law. January 1st, 1934, one per cent, will be added. February 1st, 1934, two per cent, will be added. March 1st to 15th, 1934, seven per cent, will be added. Executions will be placed in the hands of-the Sheriff for collection af ter March 15th, 1934. . When writing for amount of taxes, be sure and give schoordistrict. if property is in more than one school district. All personal check s given for taxe s will be subject to collection. Gnats a'e more at home with dogs the majority of that also? A.—Well, figure it out for your self. The processing tax on cotton adds about 20 cents to the cost of a pair of overalls, an overall jacket and a heavy workshirt. Q.—That may be true, but don’t rich folks wear clothes also? A.—Yep, some of them wear a few clothes while some of the others wear thryi any other animal. If a dog j fewer clothes. . The percentage in- would keep perfectly still for ten I crease occasioned by the cotton pro minutes during the high gnat season, r cessing tax on a nice, whilte-collared and net meve a foot or head or ear or tail, over one billion gnats would cover him knee deep. Gnats don’t bite dogs—they only tickle them. They tickle people also and bring forth much profanity. shirt is less than 3 percent. Folks who wear heavy clo’hes pay more taxes than people who wear light (fine) clothes. Q.—What would you say the pro cessing tax amounts to on the com plete wearing apparel of the average -We wiuldn’t mind gnats so much ( ycU ng girl who goes to town evety- if they’d only light so’s you could <i ay , including her underwear, if any, “wink” them in your eye and kill and alt other garments required by them; they just hover and hover and law? hover and drop in occasionally. A| A.—The average* weight of clcthea person would judge that the motive worn by the average girl (not nw,- of a gnst in tront of the eye is to warily « flapper) is 24 ounces, or 1 1 ± determine the color of the eye—er j p unds: Multiply that by 4.2c, and count the eyebrows or eyelashes. y OU have 6.3c. Surely there ain’t uny gnat t -<l m (J. Hut E. C. Matthews, B. L. Boylston, Dr. J. E. Molony and G. T. Still. The new officers assumed office at a meeting this evening at eight o’ clock. a person s eye. Bermuda’* Blue Law* Gaming, dicing, even “merry songs" were strictly prohibited on Bermuda Sabbaths during the reign of the Pur itan Cromwell in the little English colony’s mother country. Plays weve banned and swearing met with sum mary treatment throughout the week. A writer gives an account of the measures taken to enforce virtue in Bermuda during the Commonwealth. "The Bermudian church wardens, ’upright, honest and sober in their carriage,’ were instructed to look Into the ‘lives and conversations' of the people, and. on Sundays, after the rending of the lesson, to leave the church and having stopped any one loitering in the churchyard, to ‘search the worst and most suspected places' with the purpose of sending to divine service all who were not conqKdled by circuuudunces to be ab sent." V , V >> \ • v \ . a ' v v- ‘ ■to* cs -4-> CQ Ordinary Count Road and Bridge Bonds —"3 C o W_ *3 C HH CO 08 Oh Constitutional School Special Local TOTAL No. 24—Ashleigh _ 5 4 4 1 3 12 29 No. 33—Barbary Branch 5 4 4 1 3 30 _ 47 No. 45—Barnw-ell 6 4 4 1 3 29 46 No. 4—Big Fork 5 4 4 1 31 18 36 No. 19—Blackviile 5 4 4 1 3 20 37" No. 35—Cedar Grove 5 4 4 1 3 27 44 No. 50—Diamond 5 4 4 1 3 14 31 No. 20—Double Pcnj - - 5 - 4 4 1 3 19 36 No. 12—Dunbarton 5 4 4 1 l 3 27 \ 44 No. 21—Edisto it\ 5 4 4 1 3 8 25 No. 28—Elko 5 4 4 1 3 26 43 No. 53—Ellenton -- 5 4 4 .. 1 3 7 24 No. 11—Four Mile 5 4 4 1 3 25 No. 39—Friendship 5 4 4 1 3 14 31 No. 16—Green’g 5 4 4 1 3 19 36 No. 10—Healing Springs 5 4 4 1 3 20 37 No. 23—Hercule.- -- 5 4 4 1 3 27 44 No. 9—Hilda - 5 4 4 , 1 3 35 52 No. 52—Joyce Bianch - 5 4 4 1 3 26 43 No. 34—Kline gt 5 4 4 T S 18 35 No. 32—Lee’s 5 4 4 1 3 10 27 No. 8—Long Branch 5 4 4 1 3 17 34 No. 54—Meyer’s Mill 5 4 4 | 1 3 21 i 38 No. 42—Morris 5 4 4 | 1 3 12 29 No. 14—Mt. Calvary 1 _ 5 4 4 i i 3 27 44 No. 25—New Forest | 5 4 4 I i 3 27 44 No. 38—Oak Gtove 5 4 4 1' i 1 3 19 j 36 No. 43 - Old Columbia 1 5 1 4 4 i 1 3 | 26 43 No. 13 PtMMBt Hill . 5 I 4 4 i 3 1 14 31 No. 7 IUd Oak ! 5 4 4 J i 3 16 Xi No. 15—Reedy Branch 5 4 ! 4 ! i. 3 14 31 No. 2—Seven Pines 5 4 1 4 i 3 12 k 29 N . 40—T.nkt r’s ( ’reek *. r> 4 4 i 3 16 St No. Upper Richland . 5 | 4 4 i 1 3 26 It No. 29 Willbton 5 1 4 i • fe 31 48 A.—A working man u«ua ly wear* ::!»out 5 pounds f clothes and the —There aie 4 distinct kinds °f j tax on his nakedne-'s-kivvering is gnats, vizzly; the bothenome gnat, | 21c. Yep. friends—the processing tax troublesome gnat, the detestable' on c „tt(,n is figured by the pound. th gnat and the damnah'e gnat. The Hark, Hark! the Scieatict! Though one ran imagine nothing of less consequence than a popular ten denry to exaVgerate the duration of the skylark's song, there Is always somebody at liberty for every little pinpricking jnh. One of South Shields, average gnat can be inhaled t England. Iwing intellectually hurt by Q. - Do y u thsnk cotton wou.d got ,| ie nRS4 . r oon of unthinking person* and up if the processing tax wet* temov- wh/n 'hat takes place, you never j^d or paid from some other source? * know whether y< u inhaled him ali the | A.—VVi'l a balloon go up if you In the warehouse—the floor will be swept and the broom will be thrown tight in the middle of the passage-way for the next man with a hand-truck of merchandise to pick up. The truck drivers will fetch in salad dressing and unload it on a stack of flour, or a sack jpf potatoes will be returned and left in the canned goods •department, et cetra and so forth ah(f so on, day in and day out. Our salesmen frequently sell items that we have been out of three weeks—and then wo all become buck- passers; the warehouse-man didn’t tell the buyer and the billing clerk didn’t know that the stock-keeper had told the order checkers that we had no sugar or salt or baking powder, so he went ahead and billed it so that the invoice auditor would have to rub out and fill in, and check short all items the shipping cleik tried to load hat found that we did not have in Mock. way down, or got him* cut of your mouth just so. Anyway, one feels that the gnat is still in hi* mouth the next day, ami |>oss« bly he is. Believe it or not, I am down on gnats. Wait a minute till I get thU < ne oiii "f my ear. Now— ?—c:!zz!. release it from its mcorings ? Who Ever Heard the Like? Q.—Who pays the processing tax of $1.40 per barrel on flour? A.—The poor man pays most of it. Q.—Explain yourself. A.—Mr. Poor Man and his 6 chil dren eat nothing much hut bread and meat, mostly bread. (His family con sists of 8 persons including his wife.) Q. Dees Mr. Rich Man not eat bread too? A.—Not much. While Man and his children are eating six biscuits apiece, making 48 biscuits a day, Mr. Rich Man and his family eat ab> ut 2 pieces of toast each—at “2 meals a day, equal to about four bis cuits a day. New Motor Licenses Must Be Bought Now Licen«e Year Changed to Run From Nov. 1 to Oct. 31 by New Law Now in Effect. Columbia, Oct. 10.—A change de signed to expedite the handling if the large volume of license plate business and to make for mr,re ejono- mic administration and service to the pub/ic is now being inaugurated by the State Highway Department. Under this change the license year Mr. Poor hereafter will be from November 1st of each year to October 31st, of/tne succeeding year instead of fr:;m Januaiy 1st to December 31st. The change in the license year is a result of an act passed by the last that skylarks often sung for half an hour and sometimes tor as long as an hour, went to the outskirts of South | Shields and held a stop watch on skylarks of the neighborhood. Ills doing are recorded in Nature, the British sclent Hie publication, which Wings tlie astounding news that this breaker of bubbles, ibis destroyer of Illusions actually held the stop wateli on rrlU.suugs and found their avenge duration to be 2.22 minutes. The greatest duration of any single song was nineteen minutes.—New York S Ant-Lion a Trapper The ant-lion, as Its name suggests. Is a ferocious Insect in the kingdom, of comparative-sized inserts. It is the larvae of a flying Insect common In the United States. It derives its name from its strong, cruel jaws and the session of the General Assembly. Q<—WRai^de^ yot* mean?—j This act, Nu.~ 5897 jiluvIdes In MTUn substitutes has Mr.. Rich Man for bread ? A.—Oh, he eats a little bit of bread, ’tis true, but he fills himself up on duck, planked steak, pineapple, codfish balls and so forth, and naturally—he requires very little cereal foad—ex cept some oat meal or corn cereal. Q.—How long will a barrel of flour, costing $7.60 last the average poor- man and his family of 8? A.—About 3 weeks. 2, that “applications for licenses shall be filed with the State Highway De partment on or before the thirty-first day of October of each license year, ham and eggs, fried chicken, roast- and any person, firm or corporation ‘who shall fail to file such applications before such date shall be subject to the penalties now imposed by law upon delinquent applications.” Application forms to all motor ve hicle owners have been sent out by the highway department and the motor vehicle division is operhting in equally strong pincers at the ends its front legs. When it is out feeding it traps its victims by means of a funnel-shai*ed hole which varies from 1 to 2 inches in diameter. Lying in a gallery leading off from (lie bottom of the tunnel, the ant-lion extends its claws Into the base of the funnel and waits. Ants and other insects falling or crawling down into the holes are placers of the ant- lion and dinner is served forthwith. Hereditary Weaknetse* Many characters in man have proved to be hereditary. Among the very in* Q. How- long will a barrel of flour f u ]j Kear (0 sen( j ou t the license plates last the average rich man and his ttJ . seon as th e applications are re family of 8? -ceived. A. Well, lemme see: They have j The department is expecting that some waffles, some frittens, some hot ^e entire load of handling this im- cakes, some pies, and a few lady fin- mense volume of business will be gers. A barrel of flour will last Mr. completed in record time this year. Rich Man, including the bakers bread he uses for toast, about six months. Q.—Is the poor man eating as much wheat bread as he used to? A.—No, not by a mill sight. He is Gyles Elected Mayor. Blackviile, Oct. 9.—In a town elec tion for mayor and wardens held here substituting corn meal (which costs, today, Dr. R. A. Gyles was named him about $3.60 per barrel), cooking mayor over John O’Goiman by a veto less wheat bread, enjoying cheaper !cf 162 to 124. Wardens were elected fo-ods, such as potatoes, lye hominy, as follows: G. Frank Posey, who led and so frrth. | the ticket; Louis Wengiow, J. S. Q.—How about the processing tax Oreech and W. T. Hightower. Others on cotton? Does the poor man pay who made the race for wardens were i terestlng ones Is a tendency to exces sive bleeding when the injury that causes the hemorrhage to start is very small. In such Individuals the abnor mal condition, known as hemophilia, la due to a chemical change in the blood which prevents its clotting. This condition, which Is very rare in wom en, can be transmitted by an apparent ly normal woman to approximately one-half of her sons, This type The commutatii n road tax of $3.00 must Ik* paid by til male citizens. between the ages of 21 and nnycai-. All male citizens between the ages of 21 and 60 years are liable t» poll jtax of $1.00. I)o£ Tax.s for 1933 will Ik* pail at the same time < ther taxes are pa d. Il is the duty uf each school trustee in each school district to see thsH this tax is collected dr i;id the Magistrate in the enforcement <f the pro- visiotu of thi. Act. t’»u*<k s will not be accepted f r taxe* unuei any circumstances except at the risk of the taxpayer.—(The County Treasurer reserves the right to hi Id all roteipts paid by check until si-i.l checks have lK*en paid.) Tax receipts wi'l he released oniy upon legal tender, |Mist oflVe money orders or certified checks. J. J. HELL, County Treas. A LET US CLEAN YOUR | BLANKETS and QUILTS ? ♦% ♦♦♦ f ? f f t X & Cleaned IF YOU DID NOT have your BLANKETS and QUILTS 3 Ik*fore packing them away last Spring—now is th* time to let u« clean them for you. 3 t T T f T T T OUR PRIC ES are most rvas nabk*. You will also fin ( | that we give the* same GOOD CARE to your WINTER CLOTES as we have* during the .summer months. f YOUR PATRONAGE IS ALWAYS APPRECIATED. i t t f T f f T CITY DRY CLEANERS Mrs. Harry Daley, Propr., Barnwell V V -’fl * • i f I l inheritance Is well known among the lower animals which are used In lab oratory experiments. <* 4 >*;**m**m**x**x*-;* , x»*;**x , *x~;**X“'X~x»*x**x**x*<~;~x»*x , 'X*<~;**x**x**x*-;*«x»<» t Trespass Notice NOTICE is hereby given to all par ties that they are forbihdden to hunt, fish, haul wood or straw- or trespass in any manner whaCoever on the lands of the undersigned and a l so lands of H. C. Youngblood and Cora Rushton in W’illiston township. 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