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/ Barnwell 50 and 25 Years Ago. Interesting Items Gleaned From the Filea of The Barnwell People. NOVEMBER 1, 1883. The 29th inst. will be Thanksgiving Day. Up to Saturday night 1,166 bales of eotton had been shipped from j this depot. V Do not forget to vote for Dr. Mor- rall next Tuesday. All Democrats should go to the ipolls and keep in practice. 'i Mr. Seaborn Wilson, an excellent citizen, wa- killed by a way freight train on the Port Royal Road about two miles above Appleton last Fiiday morning. He was walking on the track at the time and being deaf and dumb could not hear the approach of the train. He had never married but lived with his venerable father, Mr. K. Wilson. An inquest was held on Saturday by Trial Justice Bostick. Bamberg.—New building.- aie go ing up on every hand and the music of the saw and hammer make us mer ry. Trade is lively, cotton receipts are heavy and the faces and hearts of cur merchants and farmers are bright with content and courage. . . The fall campaign of the skating rink will soon be inaugurated by Mr. John Folk, and as business grows duller your correspondent promises more news. , Mr. Charles T. Mason, of Sumter, # j has invented a cotton picker which has, after a fair test, been .pronounced * success. It is operated by horse power and on the first field trial gath- ered 200 pounds per hour, and the inventor expects to double its picking capacity so that one man and mule will be able to gather three hales per day. No .-tatement of the cost of the machine ha.- been made, but it is promised that they will Ik* ready for the next crop. Coming hot on the heels of the civil rights decision this is bad news for the colored monopo list cotton pickers. , OCTOBER 29, 1908. Mr. J. W. Walker has been appoint ed postmaster at Thomas. Dr. C. N. Burckhalter is exhibiting three blue libbon Barnwell town laised colts at the State Fair Married by Rev. J. W. H. Dyches at Friendship Church on the 18th in s t., Mr. William Hartzog and Miss Florrie Mon is, both of Olar. Messrs. Charlie and Herman Brown have entered three fast horses in the best State Fair races. _ From Colum bia their hor.-es will go to the Sumr ter races. Mis. Lucy D. B^lack, widow of the late Mr. C. A. Black, of this county, died on the 20th inst. at her home in Augusta in her 62nd year. She was a sister of Judge T. S‘. Dunbar. The handsome residence of Dr. E. C. Smith on Church Street, Williston, was burned about 2 o’clock Friday morning. Dr. Smith was away at the time, having gene to the Baptist Association at Springtcwn. The Boulevard to Mercatus wa» completed yesterday, and the 14 mile distant capital of Rosemary is only an hour and a half’s drive from the couit he use. The live good farmers furnished the teams and wagons, the chain gang dug and loaded the clay, which w'a.- spread five to six inches deep on the sand, making a solid road bed ten or twelve feet wide, long last ing. Rosemary is all right even if it has no railroad. Its people owe less money per capita and have more in their smokehouses and storerooms than many milroad townships can boast, of. Senator Bates surprised us again by laying on our table two bunches ot matured paper shell pecans, one con taining a c’uster of eight, the other of seven nuts. They beat the record for prolific production and their quali ty is equal to quantity. John Barton Payne, a retired Jade and lawyer of International reputation. U serving his twelfth year as chairman of the American Ked Cross. Hls service is without pay, and bis appointment ie by the President of the United States. He has served by appointment in bigb public oifice under five presidents - Wilson, Harding, Coolldge, Hoover and Roosevelt. Legal Advertisements Notice to Prove Claims. Notice is hereby given to all per sons holding claims against the estate of W. R. Black that a Reference will be held in the Probate Court for Barn well County, at 10:00 o’clock in the forenoon, on Tuesday, November 2lit, 1933, for the purpose of filing and proving all claims against the estate. , W. J. LEMON, Admr. Estate of W. R. Black. CITATION NOTICE. Renew Your Health By Purification Any physician, will tell you that “Perfect Purification of the System is Nature’s Foundation of Perfect Health.’’ Why not rid yourself of chronic ailments that are under mining your vitality! Purify your entire system by taking a thorough course of Calotabn,—once or twice a week for several weeks—and see how Nature rewards you with health. Calotabs purify the blood by acti vating tho liver, kidneys, stomach and bowels. In 10 cts. and 35 ets. packages. AH dealers. (Adv.) ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel Rad way’s Pills Fo* Constipation i At ah * Co.. lac., N*W Yo*4, N.Y. Sugar Cane for Planting P. O.J. No.213—Resistant to Mosaic Disease Ask Your County Farm Agent A limited stock fa-t being exhausted. For sales limited to 1,000 stalks per customer. wider distribution Fall planting recommended, delivery must In* made now. Spring planting sati-factory, but Oiders delivered before necessity to protect cane against frost can still be filled at $2 ,per 100 stalk-, F. O. B. farm located on U. S. Highway No. 401, between State highways No. 31 and No. 4f». T. M. DANTZLER R. F. D. 1 HOLLY HILL, S. C. The State of South Carolina, County of Barnwell. By John K. Snelling, Esq., Probate Judge. WHEREAS, Mrs. "Evelyn Rogers, hath made suit to me to grant unto her* Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of C. M. Rogers, Jr. r THESE ARE, THEREFORE, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said C. M. Rogers, Jr., decea'sed, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Barnwell, S. C. t on Monday, November 13th, next, after publication thereof, at 11 o clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Ad- mini-tration should not be granted. Given under my Hand this 27th day of October, A. D. 1933. JOHN K. SNELLING, Judge of Probate, B. C. Published on the 2nd day of Nov., 1933, in The Barnwell People-Sentinel. NOTICE OF SALE. State of Sounty Carolina, Barnwell County. As the Executor of the Will of W. D. Still, deceased, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, on November 9th, 1933, at 12 o’clock noon, at the residence qf the late W. D. Still near Hilda, S. C., in George’s Creek town-hip, all the per sonal property, described as follows: One Chevrolet car, 1926 model; 1 two-hotse wagon; 2 mules; ccm, fod der and peas; 1 stalk cutter; I corn drill; 1 di«t»ibutor; 1 cotton planter; 1 steel beam two-horse plow; 2 one- horse steel beam plows; plow stacks, etc., geats, hoes, pitchfork.-, etc, and all other plow implements and hny or all property belonging to said es tate. 2tp. L. S. STILL, Executor. NOTTICE OF ELECTION. At the close of the election the Managers and Clerk must proceed publicly to open the ballot boxes and count the ballots therein, and con tinue without a4journment until the same is completed ,and make a state ment of the results and sign v the same. * Within three days thereafter the Chairman of the Board or some one designated by the Board must de liver to the Commissioners of Election the poll lists, the boxes containing the!'- ballots and written statements of the results of the election. The following Managers of Elec tion have been appointed to hold the election at the various precints of the said County: Barnwell—Angus Patterson, W. O. Halford and Ira Fales; polling place. Court House. i Blackville—J. D. GCubbs, W. E. Matthews and A. V. Collum; polling place, vacant store.^ Snelling—R. R. Moore, J. M. Hill and H. M. Cook; polling place, Moore’s store. Robbin?—A. R. Dunbar, C. G. Youngblood and C. M. Turner; polling place, Atterbury filling station. Kline—J. F. Ready, J. W. Sanders and B. M. Jenkins, Jr.; polling place, Lewi* and Best’s store. Dunbatton—W. J. Rogers, C. W. Dicks and J. M. Killingsworth; polling place, vacant store. Pleasant Hill—W. R. Rutland, W. R. Bell and J. M. Weathersbee; polling place, Pleasant Hill schqo! house. WillLton—F. T. Merritt, J. H. Mc Donald and R. L. Hair; polling place, Cheviolet show room. Elko—P. S. Greene, Charlie Hair and Moise Hair; polling place, Green and Company’s store' ' Hercules—L. B. Creech, Aiken Creech and N. A. Hiers; polling place, Democratic club house. Meyei’s Mill—C. O. Meyer, Gary Cobb and W. T. Hankinson; polling place, San Hill .-chcol house.*. The Managers at each Precinct named above are requested to delegate one of their number to secure boxes and blanks for the election at the Clerk of Court’s office on Satuiday, November 4th, 1933. PERRY B. BUSH, N. D. COCLIN, HERMAN MAZURSKY,- Commissioners of State and County elections for Barnwell County, S. C. Confederate Veterans and Widows Attention! the North by right of way of the Southern Railway Company, apd on the East by lands of J. M. Halford, on the South by the Right of Way of the Southern Bell Telephone Company and lands of Miss Lena Whittle; on the West by lands of Lewis Wise. JOHN K. SNELLING, Probate Judge of Barnwell Co. MASTER’S SALE. V The third iru-tallment of the 1933 Confederate pension has been receiv ed and pensioneis are urged to call at the Judge cf Probate’s office to re ceive the same. Johir K. Snelling, Judge of Probate and Clerk of Pen. Bd. NOTICE OF SALE. NOTICED . _ i We Buy Furs Racoon, Otter Mink, and OTossum, Fox Best Prices Will Be Paid Bring them or let me know and I will call on you. I have good New and ’ Second Hand hunting booLiat a very low price. I. H. COOPER Next Doer to the Farmers Union. Barnwell, S. C. State of South Caiolina, County of Barnwell. Notice is hereby given that a Special Election will be held at the voting precints prescribed by bw in said County on Tuesday, November 7th, 1933, said day being the first Tuesday in November as prescribed by Act Nb» 626 of the General Assem bly of 1933, for the purpose of elect ing delegates to the Convention to ratify or reject the proposed 21st Amendment to the Constitution cf the United States, which amendment would lepeal the 18th Amendment of the said Constitution of the United States. The qualifications for .-uffiage: Managers of elections -hall require of every elector offeiing to vote at said e 1 ection, before allowing him to vote, the production of his registration certificate and proof of the payment thirty days before the election of any poll tax then due and payable. The production of a certificate or cf the receipt of the officer authorized to collect such taxe^-shall he conclusive proof of the paymentirthereef. The polls shall be opened at such voting places a- shall Be designated at 8 o’clock in the forenoon, and close at 4 o’clock in the afternoon of the day BROWN & BUSH Attomeys-at-Law BROWN-BUSH BUILDING SOU! BARNWELL, CAROLINA PRACTICE IN STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS 0 —<• i M t« MM»« of election, except in the City of Chaile-ton, where the polls shall open at 7 o’clock in the forenoon, and in the Cities of Charleston and Columbia where the closing hours ^hall be 6 o’ clock in the afternoon, and shall be held open during these hours Wdffcout intermission or adjournment; and the Managers' shall admini.-ter to each person offering to vote an oath that he is qualified to vote at this election according to the Constitution of this State, and that he has not Voted dur ing this election. ' The Managers hav.e the power to fill a vacancy, and if none of the Man agers attend, the citizens can appoint from among the qualified voters jthe Managers, who, after being sworn tan c nduct the election. Notice is hereby given that in ac- c< rdance with the provisions of an Order of the Probate Judge cf Barn well County, South Carolina, in the case of L. J. Connelly, Admr., of the e-tate of J. M. Farrell, deceased, etc., jlaintiff, against Annie F. O’Gorman, et al., defendants, 1 will sell to the \ lighest bidder for cash, requiring a deposit of three per cent (3 per cent.) of the bid price, before the Ccurt- touse door in Barnwell, S. C., during the legal hours of .sale on the fiis^ Monday in November, 1933, being November 6th, 193.T, the following de scribed real estate of the estate of J. Vi. Farrell, deceased, subject to the mortgages to the First Carolina- Joint Stock Land Bank of Columbia, and Molony and Carter Company: “All that piece, parcel cr tract of and containing six hundred and 99- 100 (600.99) acres, more or less, and rounded on the North by lands cf Reed; the old Charleston Read and and- of H. Brown: East by* the old Charleston Road, lands of R. W. Min- us, H. Brown and G. A. Still; South by lands of G. A. Still, Lucy Thomas and H. J. Hair, and on the West by ands of Grove Estate, land.- of Darl ing Hair and the Reed lands, as shown by plats of the same made by B. M. Thompson, C. E., February 1, 1906, and plat of\pc\vcIl C. Jcne.-, C. E., dated April Under and by virtue of a decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Barn well County, State of South Carolina, in the case of the First Carolina^ Joint Stock Land Bank of Columbia, plaintiff, vs. Bessie F. Bradley, J. L. Bradley, Jr., and J. R. Bradley, de fendants, I, the undersigned Master, will sell in front of the Court House at Barnwell, S. C., during the legal hours of -ale, on the 6th day of No vember, 1933, same being salesday in said month, to the highe.-t bidder, following described premises: All that piece, parcel or tract of land, containing 117 acres, more or less, bounded on the North by lands of Mrs. M. E. Jenkin-, formerly John ston; East by lands of the estate of Hogg; South by lands formerly of L. W. Bradley and on the West, by the Barnw'ell public read knd known as tract No. 2 on a {fiat dividing the lands of the e.-tate of Robert Bradley, de ceased, made by J. S. Mixson and Son on the 10th day of January, 1890, and having the following surveyor’s calls and distances: Beginning at a point on the North west corner of the Public Road to Barnwell and running thence north 75 degrees Ea.-t 12.45 chains to a stake; thence North 15 degrees West 9:30 chains to a stake; thence North 62 de gree:,* West 20.70 chains to a stake; thence North 79 degree.- East 32.15 cha : ns to a stake; thence South 27 de grees East 10:40 chains to a stake; thence South 61 Vi degrees West 69.35 chains to a .-take on the Barnwell public road; thence up said road to the point of beginning, and being the same tract cf land conveyed to the said Bessie F. Btadley by a deed fiom James L. Bradley dated the 12th of October, 1906, and recorded in the of fice of the Clerk of Court for Barn well County in Book 9-N, page 91. Teim» of sale ca.-h. Putchaser to pay for papers and Revenue Stamps, the Master to require of the success ful bidder a deposit of $45.00 (being 1ft-s than 3 per cent of the judgment herein) immediately upon the conclu sion of the bidding es a guaranty of good faith, and upon such bidder’s failure to make said deposit the Mas ter shall immediately resell .-aid prop erty on the terms above provided. In case of any subsequent raised bid, as ptovided by law, each such bidder .-hall make a like deposit. The amount of such final deposit shall be forfaited and applied to the judgment and costs in the event of non-compliance by such last bidder within forty days from the date of public sale a- herein provided. G. M. GREENE, Master ^or Barnwell County. Barnwell, S. C., October 16, 1933. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1933. dated January 14, 1916, recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court in Book 8-W, page 454, on the 14th day of January, 1916.’’ Terms of sale: Fof cash, purchaser to pay for papers and revenue stamps; the Master to require the successful bidder, other than the plaintiff, to de posit at once the sum of Fifty ($50.) Dollars as earnest money or evidence of good faith, the same to be applied on the bid should there be a compli ance with the same, but^ should the successful bidder fail to make such de posit at the time of acceptance of his bid, then the said premises shall be re-sold at such bidder’s risk on said day, or some subsequent legal ^ale®- day, at the option of the palintiff. Should the successful bidder majye de posit as aforesaid and theieafter fail to comply with his bid without legal ixcuse being shown, then such de posit shall be delivered to the plain tiff and retained by it as liquidated damages, and the premises shall be thereafter re-sold on the same term.- apd at such purchaser’s risk on some subsequent legal salesday to be de signated by the plaintiff or its attor neys. G. M. GREENE, ster for Barnwell County. Barnwell, iik C., Oct. 16, 1933. MASTERS SALE. Under and by virtue of a decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Barn well County, State of South Carolina, in the case • cf the First Carolinas Joint Stock Land Bank of Columbia, plaintiff, vs. Mrs. Rosa B. Pe'acock, Mrs. Susie Holland, Mrs. Minnie Brown, Robert L. Peacock, Mrs. Mil dred Parker, Harold Peacock, Pea tie Peacock, Ruth Peacock, Ruby Pea cock, T. G. Tarver, a.- receiver of the Bank of Western Carolina, and F. W. Cross, defendants, I, the undersigned Master, will sell in front of the Court House at Barnwell, S. C., during the legal hours of -ale cn the 6th day of November, 1933, same being salesday in said month, to the highest bidder, the following described premises: “All that piece,, parcel or tract of land in Barnwell Town-hip, Barnwell County, South Carolina, containing ninety (90) acres, and bounded on the North by lands of Mrs. Lena Davies; East by lands of E. D. Peacock; South by lands of W. D. Black, and on Jthe th, 1924. “For a more West by lands of E. D. Peacock, a* MASTER’S SALE. Under and by virtue of a decree of the Court of Common Pleas for Barn well County, State o\ South Carolina, in the case of C. H. Williams, plain tiff, vs. Mrs. Jennie Miner Timmer man, defendant, I, the Undersigned Master, will sell in front oKthe Court House at Barnwell, S. C., diking the legal hours of sale, on the 6th day of November, 1933, same being sale-day in said month, to the highest bidder, the following described premises: “All that tract or plantation cf lani situate, lying and being \n the County of Barnwell, State of South Carolina, containing one hundred And twenty (120) acres, more or le-s, and bounded by lands cf Mrs. Edna Ethel Peeples; by lands of Mrs. Kate Maude Justus; by lands of Mr*. Classic Bush and by Williams lands and perhaps others,be ing the tract of land set off to me un der the decree of Hon. J. W. Devore, * Circuit Judge, of date Match 18th, 1922, and particularly described by \ plat made by P. S. Norris attached to the report of the Master in the case of Bailey, et al., plaintiff, vs. Florence Mae Bailey.’’ Terms, of sale: For cash; the said Master ’shall require of the success ful bidder a depa-it of five per cent, of his hid immediately upon the con clusion of the bidding as a guaranty of good faith, and upon such bidder’s failure to make said deposit, the said Master shall immediately re-sell said property on the terms above provided. In case of any subsequent raised bid, as provided by law, euch such bidder s shall make a like depa-it. The amount of such final deposit shall be forfeited and applied to the judgment and costs in the event of non-compli ance by such last bidder within thirty days from the date of public .-ale as herein provided. Purchaser to pay for papers and icvenuc stamps. G. M. GREENE, Master for Barnwell County. Barnwell, S. C., Oct. 16, 1933. NOTICE OF MASTER’S SALE. detailed description see Decree Court of Probate dated Sept. 17, 1933.” ALSO the following tracts, subject to mortgages of E)orcthy K. O’Gor man, new Mrs. L. j\Connelly; “All that tract, parcel or piece of land situate, lying and being in the State ! and County afordsaid, contain ing one hundred (100) acre-, more cr less,* with the Mill Seat thereon, and bounded as follows: On the North by lands o f Pinckney Blume and D. S. Hair; South by lands of Pinckney Blume; Ea-.t . by Mrs. Ellen Boyl-ton, and ' on the West by lands cf Kline. The said tract known as “The Hair Mill Tract.” —ALSO— “All that certain .piece or parcel of land, situate in the Eastern section of Blackville, and containing six (6) shoWk by plat of the same made by P. M. Hankinson, surveyor, on the 7th day of Januaiy, 1916, and having the following Suiveyor’s calls and dis tance.- : “Beginning at a stake on the north- w*est comer and running thence 7 D. East 15.90 chains to a stake; thence South 26 D. West 54.40 chains to a stake; thence North 55% D. W’est 19.9 chain- to a stake; thence North 29 D. East 49.84 chains to the point of be ginning, being the same tract of land conveyed to the said Robert L. Pea cock by deed from Rosa Bell Peacock, dated November 4, 1922, and recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court, in Book 9-G, page 164, on the 4th day of November, 1922, and from E. D. Pea cock, Serena Peacock, Anna A. Pea cock, Julia St. Glair Peaccck, Ella R. Pursuant to a decietal order of the Court of Common Pleas for Barnwe.l County in the case of Armour Ferti lizer Works, plaintiff, vs. B. L. Easter ling, defendant, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder, befete the Court House door, at Barnwell, South Caiolina, cn Monday, Novem ber, 6, 1933, between the legal houis cf sale on -*aid titty, the following de scribed tract of land, to-wit: ^All of that certain tract of land containing seventy-five (75) acres, more or less, situated in the county and State aforesaid, near the town of Barnwell, ami bounded as follows: North by public highway leading to Elko; East by lands formerly belong ing to Bates and Turkey Creek; South by Turkey Creek; and west by Best. —ALSO— “All that clertain tiact of land known a- the Rountree Place situated sere-, moif or less, and hounded on Anderson and Msude P. Hair, by deed in Barnwell County, State aforesaid, containing one hundred twenty-five (125) acres, more or less, and bound ed on West and North by public road leading from Patterson Mill Creek Jo Still Creek, bounded on East by Wall and Living.-ton, and on the South by Owen Walker.” The successful bidder will be re quired to deposit 3 per cent, of the bid by cash cr certified check. Under the statute the bidding will be left open for a period of thirty days dur ing which time any party may rai.-e the bid, and the money deposited by the former bidder will be refunded. Terms of sale cash, purchaser to pay fm the papers and revenue stamp-. C G. M. GREENE, Master for Barnwell County.