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TACrFOUR. A; A THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA ThaBarnwIl People-Sentinel JOHN W. HOLMES 1S49—1912. P. DAVIES, Editor and Proprietor. Entered at the post office at Barnwell, S. C., as second-claas matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year Six Months ........ AO Three Months .60 (Strictly In Adraace.) THURSDAY. JANUARY 25TH, 1934. 5- By Gee McGee. How I Started. 1 was 18 years of age when I landed my first job. My duties were aoft but numerous. I was assistant P. M. assistant depot agent, assist ant cotton weigher, assistant baggage master, and assistant truck hand, but I did all the work. My salary for the first 4 months was $6.00 per month, but for the next 3 months work, I received $5.00 per month, and when I finally quit (by request), I was ftetng paid $5.00 per month, but I got my board free. (Since I have been a groWh man, I have al ways felt that I was not entitled to all that money and my board too.) willie would not touch a tingle ^ of the govyerment eggs onner count of his govverment check* and he says that he must be a mighty cheap vet- teran if he is worth only 12$ per month, but hi 8 ma tries to explane to him that she will get 57$ per month when he dies and that teems to satis fy him. he fought in the trenches from brest, franco, plumb on to zecker-slovocky, so he says. speaking cf fine soldiers, and gov verment eggs, willie was, the cream of the army, when he left home he weighed 198 and was 6 feet 8, but when he come back, he weighed 124 and was only 5 foot 4 in his sock-feet barefooted. % if he had of fought 3 months longer in euron. h« would had judged by the county agent to deter mine the county winner, who will re- e a $1Q.00 merchandise certificate from the International Harvester Co. winners also have a chance State prize which is choice of a 750 pound capacity cream separator or $100.00 merchandise certificate. State winders will compete in a sec tional contest in which the prize is choice of complete double unit 16.00 merchandise cer- to set on the bible to be big enough to eat at our dinner table, thtft is veriy poor grattitude, so he says, but il you. will- make our 4 had, egga goad. we will get along till something else is sent to us. - • yores trulie, mike Clark, rfd., corry spondent. Up to the time I began my rail road career, I had never seen a full suit of underwear, but before I had -hejd-thafr job 8” months,-*-!-had 2-suits- of my own, fleece-lined and paid for. lfkn^.they were warm, too. Our total stamp cancellations per month ran around $5.25, freight receipts were usually close to $30 per month, while passenger tickets amounted to nearly $2.00 every 30 days^ . — You Can Now Bank on the Banks. The bank? are all going to be run under a code within the next few months. Since most of them have quit lending money, they will not de pend on the interest-earning feature of the banking business for revenue, but wjll possibly assess a few little charges for- service, here and there, something tike the following: ~ For accepting a deposit 15c. For cashing local check g 10c. For cashing 3 local checks 50c For customer sneezing in bapk lOc. For customer using blotter 5c. For customer using desk 10c. For customer coughing in bank 15c. For issuing Cashier's Check __ 12c. For spitting in spittoon 10c. Thi s was a nice job, in fact—the For spitting over spittoon 5c For using blank checks, each.- 2c. For government tax per check 2c. For locking in thiu p'ate glass 12/. For ask/ng for/a loan ~y: -Foe-being turned duyn' rrrrrr^tOc: For counting our cash deposit 13c. For whistling in bank 1 30c. nicest job-L ever had:—L enjoyed my *—For gottihg waim .at ladihtor 12c. work and my' fine board, and saved half oTwhat I earned every month and kept that plan up until I began to work for myself, and that is how 1 got staited to working for myself. Our railtoad had two train s every day, and occasionally an extra freight train came through which excited the natives no little bit. / For using pencil sharpener 10c For turning dewn bad Check __ 25c. For answering phone cail / Tor handling draft/ For issuing certified check _ oc. _ 75c. .. 50<S CUstomei 10c milker, or a tificate. The choice of a Far ton truck, certificate. Records must be kefrt in the hand writing of the club member, but he is or *tional winner has a U 12 tractor, a half- $500.00 merchandise permitted and encourage to make leaders. use of help from Contestants will not be required to reveal contents of their records at any time except through judges, w! keep them confidential TRY A BUSINESS BUILDER FOR SATISFACTORY RESULTS Legal Advertisements SHERIFF'S SALES. State of Scuth Carolina, County of Barnwell. 1 Under and by virtue of Tax Exe cutions' to me directed by J. J. Bell, Treasurer of Barftwelj County, J.ltave 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 5th day of February 1934, this /being Salesday in said month, the following described real estate: 1 building ‘in Big Fork Schccl District, bounded as follows:, North.by Gordon Boynton, —ALSO— Twenty-eight aare 8 of land and 1 building in Dunbarton School Di and bounded as follows: North Matilda Hosey, East by lands of Fed eral Land Bank, South by Tiny Easley and West by H. J. Dunbar. Levied upon as the property of Est. of Seles Thompson and sold to satisfy the above Execution and Cogta, A Z- —ALSO— Twentynseven acres of land in Joyce Branch School District and bounded as follows: ftorth by Angus Price, East by Mary Jane Golphin, South by Julia Golphin and West by Georgia Bing. Levied upon as- the property of Est. of Peter Golphin and sold to sat isfy the above Execution and Costs. —ALSO— Seventy-nine acres of land and 1 building in Joyce Branch School Dis trict and bounded as follows: North by Ahzena Greene, East by Quitman ountree, South by Anna Weathers- and West by Albert Golphin. vied upen as the property of MarV Jane Golphin and sold to satis- fy the\ above Execution and Costs. —ALSO— Any^person or persongentering upon the lands hereinafter referred to sit uate in Barnwell, Ricfitand and Red Oak Townships, for the purpose of hunt ing, fishing or trapping, will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law: Mrs. Flossie Sfmth 1,000 Mrs. Kate — Duncannon J. M. Weathersbee 572 Est. of H. A. Patterson ™ 2,000 Barnwell Turpentine Co B. C. Norris Fifty-nine acres of land and building in/Reedy Branch School trict and bounded as follows: Ncrth by Ben Bro\fcm, East by E$t. /F.. O. Black. South by Est. of 1 D. S. Black Black and Mrs. Em- arid West by Je ma Holman. Levied upon as the, property of Mazie Butler and sokf to satisfy the above Execution an Costs. B. MORRIS,. Sherifl^ Barnwell C:unty. Bernivell, S. C.^ Jan. 16, 1934. NOTICE BOND ELECTION.. East by Gordon Boynton, South by B. Jenkin* and West by B. M. Jen kins. Levied 'upon 4+m-To44 as the property of the above Execution and Costs. —ALSO- / For talkii For. usin For using back door oc. 15c. It is possible that Mr. Hugh John- I developed into a dude within a ‘ son won’t let the banks use quite all year and had commenced to wear a of these methods, that is—the ones blue hat (30c); green specks (10c); i listed 1 herein not already in use, but a red necktie (15c); patent/ leather. most- of-them--seem- to^ -be- in order, shoes ($1.29); a starched collar, (2c); and for the banks’ sake, I hope they a brown fuzzy suit of clothes ($5.49); will be instituted in toto. (Old bank- a pair of celluloid cuffs (5c)^ and myl tng methods have vamosed.) how my cuff buttons did rattle when j I sho. k hand s with the girls. I also All deposits up to $2500.00 are wore the stripedest loudest sox now insured. That will mafte me use One hundred and fifteen, acres / of land in Seven Pines School Diatiict, and bounded as fallows: Noi^ii by Laura Jenkins, East by Allen Hill, South by L, W. Tilly and West by J. WA Patterson. Levied upen a§, the/property of S. K. Brown and sold/to satisfy the above Execution and-Costs. money could buy, up to 10c. at least ten banks to get full protec- ticn, that is—if I put a'.'l of my three To (My station was this _-.-In about-J 5 months, I began learn to* telegraph, not a telegraph station). I resigned (?), and batched with a boy friend who lived only 4 miles from a small telegraph office, did my own cooking, my own washing, my own walking, dollars in the hanks, hut aTTthe same, feature, is going to, insu’ ance n ature, is fetch million? of dollars out of mat tresses, stockings, shoes, fruit jars, chimney corners, corsets, coat linings, coffee pots, ansofoith. I think the banks are entitled to a different kind patched my own clothes, and before of “break” to,those enjoyed during the anybody knew it, I wa s the best mdn past 12 years. . on the road. After 7 years -in that line, L married, opened a store, and have been running one .off and on, mostly off, nearly ever since. 4-H Club Members May Compete in Contest Mike Files a Complaint, mr. iry dell jones, state egg distributor, columby, s. C. d««r*ir:— i m’d my 12 eggs which was sent oat hy the govverment week, but 4 of same should of stayed out west where they .were laid and the other ones did not taste verry much like borne laid-eggs, so kindly send eggs in the future laid by our own hens, ag the said hens lays the freshest «ggs in the u, s. please re-place my 4 bad eggs at once, my wife found sfcme riting on 2 of her eggs; 1 of them said: “sadie lee redd, iowa,” and the other was rote in a furrin language and mought of benn laid in france or some other conntry where bad eggs come from, jon did not mean to do so, but you afiso sent 2 little chickens, but they had passed out. one of them was National Winner Will Receive Prizes Valued at $835, "According to Announcement. * One lot and 1/building in Dunbar ton School District and bounded as follows: North by APantic Coast Line Rallrcafi/ East, South tin 1 West by lands or said R. I. Cave. Levied upon a s the property of Daniel Hay and sold to' satisfy the above Execution and Costs. -ALSO—' One hundred and forty acres of land and 2 buildings in Cedar^Grov^ School District amf founded a s fol- lows;. By lands, of D. P, Sprawls and C’oder 1932, and that in said Pat Hair, L. A. Thompsoar, Public Road fliom Barnwell to Aiken and Rosemary Creek, where it „goes into pond. Known as Tract No. 3 in the djvi^on of the Nat Powell Estate. Levied upon-as- the property of Pied Powell and sold to satisfy the above Execution and Costs. -ALSO- 4-H Club membeis in this county able to say: quiet. ‘peep, peep,” and all was we have not got our butter yet, but will look for same next week, allso send, some parched goobers if the eouptry has a surplus of same like it has of everything else, we would not of benn on the twa, or the rfc if wil- lie’s bonnus had benn paid or his govrerment check let alone, he al- -aaost wishes now that he had not of may participate In a, nation-wide farm cost accounting contest, conducted by the national Committee on Boy s and Girls Club Work, and sponsored by the International Harvester Company, according to a notice just received by The People-Sentinel. The prizes numbering several hun dred will'range from a small Farmall tractor or a light motor truck or a $500 merchandise certificate down to $10.00 merchandise certificates.^ The national winner will receive prizes valued at $835.00. *- Contestants may use any record book that provides for an opening and ic/osi.ig inventory, monfcy expended received, costs of producing principal crops, etc., and a balance sheet. If such record books are not available through county agents, a simple one especially prepared for 4-H members may be obtained from the National Committee on Boys and Giiis Club Work, Chicago, 111., fpr 20 cents, the actual cost of printing and mailing The National Committee is conducting the contest in cooperation with the State club leaders. The books must jfaot them 225 germana and 45 Italy* the war. enduring be opened as of Jan. 1, Feb. 1 or March 1 and cover the 12 consecutive months following. Upon completion the books will be Twenty-three acre? of'land in Dun barton School District and bounded as follows: North by Hosey Estate, East by Seles Thompson, South by Tiny Easley, West by Carrie Ashley. Levied upon as the property of H. J. Dunbar and sold to satisfy the above Execution and Costs. —ALSO— Fifty-two acres of land in Big Fork School. District and bounded as fol lows: North by Saltkehatchie River, East by C. F. Rizer,'South by C. F. Rizer and West by Hungry Hill Mill Creek. Levied upon as the property of Farmers’ National Bank and sold to satisfy the above Execution and Costs. ' -ALSO— Barnwell High School District of Bapi- w/ll County, Scuth .CajppHna. n accordance with a petition signed more than orie-third of the resident electors and a like proportion of the resident freeholders of the age of 21 years of Barnwell High School Dis trict, County and State ^aforesaid, ■ .. .. duly filed with the undersigned beard of trustees, and in accordance with an Order an.l Resolution of said Board passed and adopted on the 10:h day of January, A934,* likewise- on file with' said Board; all pursuant to the provis ion? of SectroxL 5621, Civil Code of South Carolina, 1932* s NOTICE TS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL QUALIFIED VOTERS REsip- 1NG IN SAID BARNWELL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRCT, That an election J. W. Pa T. L. Cohen -(Hay Place Bruce Place Harriett Houston Mrs. B. H. Cave ._ 1,650 Joseph E. Dicks - 800 < 600 • R. C. Holman 400 e 200 A. A. Richardson — 1,000 Lemon Bros. —— — 150 450 John K. Snelling 100 300 J. P. Harley -/ 150 200 L. W. Tilly 160 -400 John Newton : --i . 200 109 Tom Davis 400 .... 200 B. L. Easterling 75 __ 1,000 Terie Richardson — . 100 500 N. A. Patterson .(Tanglewood 150 Place) —- 130 .. 250 ,W. M. Cook --------i™=- 250 Sue Ford — 120 ■C. F. Molair (West side of old Savannah Pond-- 100 Bill/ Jenkins 50 J/rry Scott j 150 s GEO. H. W ALKER, Owner / ANGUS PATTERSON, Mgr. Treasurer’s Tax Notice The County-Treasurer’s office will be open from -September 15th, 1933, to March 15th, 1934, for collecting 1933 taxes, which include real and per- sonal property, poll and road tax. All taxes due and payable between September 15 and December 31, 1933, will be. collected without penalty. Alt taxes not paid as seated will be subject to penalties provided by law. January 1st, 1934, orie per cent, will be added.. February Is^t, 1934, two per cent:-will-be added. March 1st to 15th, 1934, seven per cent, will be added. Executions will^be placed'Tn' the hands of the Sheriff for collection*af ter March 15th, -When writing for amount of taxes, be sure and give school district if property is in' more than one school district; All personal check s given for taxe s will be subject to collection. 31, 1934, between the hours of 8:00 a. m. and 4:00 p./iri., at the places low, to deteimine whether or not the said district shall issue serial, coupon bends in an amount not to exceed Thirty-Eight Thousand Dollars, ($38,- .00). for High School purposes as permitted by said Section 5621, Civil only qualified voters residing in said Barnwell High School District shall be allowed to vote, as is piovided in said section of the Civil Code. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN That, for the convenience cf the quali-. fied voters of said Barnwell High School District in said election on the - v ■ ■ ' ' # / day designated above, the said high school district will be divided into four voting areas, according to com mon school districts, with a box and manageis thereof at the voting places indicated below:v Barnwell Court House:—Barnwell School District; Reedy Branch School Distiict; Diamond School District and I'ong Branch School District. K W . • \ •/) c c ■i . 3 O & T5 -3 e C O o a 7Z C o — o - * o t-1 . m , c ’ - m .*2 < -j O X •“ c ^ ■U o - L- C3 o u O G— a.. -a U w c-» * i No. 24—Ashleigh i 5 No. 33—Barbary Branch No. 43—Barnwell Nq. 4^-Big Fork No... 19—Blackyille — . 'No. 35—Cedar Grove No. 50—Diamond _•___ No. 20—Double Pond No. 12—Dunbarton No. 21—Edisto No. 28—Elko „:™._ No. 53—Ellenton No. 11—Four Mile No. 39—Friendship No. 16—Green’ s ^ No. 10—Healing Springs No. 23—Hercules No. 9—Hilda — No. 52—Joyce Branch No. 34—Kline — 1 _ No. 32—Lee’s Vo. 8—Long Branch —__ — No. 54—Meyer’s Mill J. No. 42—Morris ~5 5 5 Kline, Southern Railway Platform:— Kline School District; Big Fork School District; Morris School District, and Red Oak School District. Hercules School^ HouseHercules School District; Barbary Branch School District, and Friendship School District. Snelling, Atlantic Coast Line Plat form:—Seven Pines School District. Qualified voters residing in « par ticular cemmon school district, who desire to,vote in said election, will One lot and 1 building in Dunbarton to the votin £ P^ce assigned to School District end bounded a? fol lows: North by old Dunbarton-Donora highway, East by old Dunbarton-Do- ncra highway, South by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. */ - Levied upon as the • property of E. M. Harley and sold to satisfy the above Execution and Costs. 7 —ALSO—. Thirty-one acres of land and 1 building in Dunbarton School District and bounded as follows: North by Marie Hazel, East by J* Killings- worth, South by Willie Chavous and West by Federal Land Bank lands. Levied upon as the property of Robt. Hazel and sold to satisfy the above Execution and Costs. that common school district The following managers have been appointed to conduct the said election: Barnwell—Perry B. Bush, J. 3uist Grubbs and Robert A. Patterson. Kline—Manley Barker, B. M. Jen kins, Jr., and W. H. Moody, Jr. Hercules—Frank. Senders, Maner W. Morris and W. W. Harley. . Snelling—W. Brattcn Parker, R. R. Moore and R. W. Moore. By order of Board of Trustees of Barnwell High School District, of Barnwell County, S. C. Jas. Julien Bush, Chairman, Terie Richardson, F. S. Brown, L. A. Plexico, Solomon Blatt, Clerk. No. 14—Mt. Calvary __. lo. 25—New Forest No. 38—Oak Grove — No. 43^—Old Columbia _______ No. 13—Pleasant Hill No. 7—Red Oak No. 15—Reedy Branch No. 2—Seven Pines -No. 40—Tinker’s Creek No. 26—Upper Richland ___. No. 29—Williston 5 5 5 4 4 4 A 4 4 4 A. 3 3 3 JA. 12 30. 29 5 5 5 5 5 5 W 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .4 4 4 4 % 4 4 4 -A- 4 j 4 i 4 1 T 4 4 4 4 6^ 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4. 4 4\ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4- 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ~4- 1 1 1 1 1 ■z 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 A 3 a 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2T ‘ 14 19 27 8 26 7 8 14 19 20 27 35 26 18 10 17 21 -*** 29 47 46 J1A 27 27 19 26 14 16 14 12 16 h 26 31 37 44 31 36 44 25 43 24 25 31 36 37 * 44 52 43 35_ 27 34 38 -29~ 44 44 36 43 -r» 31 29 33 43 48 The commutation road tax of $3.00 ipust be paid by til male citizens between the ages of 21 and 56 years. All male citizens between the ages of 21 and 60 years are liable to poll tax of $1.00. Dog Taxes for 1933 will be paid at the same time other taxes are paid.* It is the duty of each school trustee in each school district to see that this tax is collected or aid the Magistrate in the enforcement of the pro- yisiong of thig Act. Checkg will not be accepted for taxes under any circumstances except at the risk of the taxpayer.—(Tly» County Treasurer reserves the right to hold all receipts paid by check until said checks have been paid.) Tax receipts will be released only upon legal tender, post* office money orders or certified checks. - J. J. BELL, County Treas.