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Barnwell 50‘and 25 Tears Ago. Interesting Items Gleaned From the Files of The Barnwell People. “BIG, BAD WOLF’ IS REALLY SHY OF MAN .Not FEBRUARY 7. 1884. This i g a towiv Urn Williston road war ig ended- , So far only 500 liens have been filed in the Clerk’s office. Last year twice that number were filed up to the name date. The other day a Savannah factor adfered ffev. P. J. Hiera 1300 for his saddle horse, but like a good Baptist, Brother Phil took water. Mr. Josiah Ritter, of Three Mile, has killed this winter 15 hogs avei- aging 275 pounds, .and also two meigfaing 430 and 460 pounds, if any township in the county can beat that ore should like to heai* from it. Our city fathers will receive our .profound thanks if they will turn the cannon near the public well in a different direction, ft has been look ing this way long enough. Town taxes are due next week and the press should not be intimidated. Sale day was exceptionally quiet, mjtoogh an immense crowd was in The horse and mule trade very lively. , A good many were sold and not a few changed hands. The first mosquitoes of the season appeared on Sunday. Fishermen report that the fish have t . * / commenced to run. / Btackville.—There is very little trade among t>ur merchants and the lawyers are our busiest citisens. Lands -are looking up. —Just thinfc marriage wiH be the latter part mf |2,450 cash being offered and re fused for 70 acres of land. " Mr. Stokes and Miss Bunch were raArried last. Thursday .week. FEBRUARY 4, 1909. ' • , r Representatives Griffin, Patterson and Wilson voted against the repeal of the lien law. The thermometer dropped to Ifi degrees during the cold Spell, the lowest point reached since 1904. We will give a paper of pins to the lady reader who, unaided, sends us the first correct interpretation of this printshop puzzle which auited the blizzard weather of departing Jan uary: If the B m t put: * If the B. putting: Mr. F. H. Dicks, of Richland, told us on Friday that the present winter has been to date the warmest since that of 1886-87. Cold came late then, snow falling" on the first Sunday in March, 1887, and the ground being frozen the following Sunday. Two newspaper causes are publish ed for the unusual warmth of this win ter. One U that an ocean volcano or earthquake has shifted the course of the Gulf Stream nearer the Atlantic coast, the ether that the earth is three million miles nearer the sun than usual and/that it will not get back to its old track until May. Announcement has been made of the engagement of Mr. J. Wanna- maker Patterson, of Barnwell, and Miss Julia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Murphy, of Augusta. The Generally Supposed. Washington.—^Who’s Afraid Big, Bad Wolff* A blithesome—even non phrase that may be considered try In a popular song. real, not the metaphorical, wolf haa never been a^ great a menace to man in North America as Is generally supposed,’* says a bulletin from the National Geographic society. world wolves, when hunger pressed, have not hesitated to attack man. The very/ name wolf, therefore, was brought to this country as a synonym tor a fearful scourge. American wolves, however, have rarely shown this fear-, lessness toward man, probably owing to the abundance of game before the advent .of the white man, and to the general\use of firearms among the pi oneers, who early taught the wolf to keep bjd distance. Numerous in United States. "Large wolves, closely those of Europe and Siberia, once In fested practically all of Arctic and temperate North America, excepting only the arid desert plains. This range extended from the remotest northern* lands beyond 83 degrees of latitude,, south to the mountains about the Val- THE BANK OF BARNWELL, Barnwell, S. C. Statement of Condition Jan. 31, 1934. — ^ ^ RESOURCES: / Loang and Discounts, made up of 49 different loans with short or demand maturities 1 ^ - Security to above loans: Notii ffom f L00 to $ 100.00 Notes from 101.00 to 200.00 Notes from 201.00 t<o 400.00 Notes from 401.00 to 800.00 Notes from 801.00 to 2750.00 V' ........ 117,659*1 4... $ 1135.54 —10— t 1425.77 — 6— 1447.50 — 2— 1350.00 — S— 12301.00 / • ;• this month. Mr. Julius P. Strobel, formerly of Blackville, is now keeping the Lautens Hotel at Laurens. The Hog Tax. The office of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Washington, D. C., has announced that the processing tax on hogs, effective as of February 1, 1984, will be one and afie-half cents per pound, live va^MJR; and as of March !, 1984, and thereafter two andjjiQr Johii G. cents per one-quarter eight. Advertise in The People-Sentinel Nance for Governor. y State Senator Cat roll D. Nance, of Cross Hill, Lauren g County, announc ed last week that he will be a candi date for Governor in the primaries ttexT summer; Senator Nance made the race eight years PRO when Gover- Richyrds^HAS—elecie (found, live I Several other candidates have also an nounced. ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel P TE is always ^ welcome dessert and drmhiy welcome with S lUS- cious "surprise” filllnf. Serve one of these pies some day soon. Guests will angle for another invitation to dinner and the family will give you three rousing cheers. Santiago Chocolate Pudding — - 3 squares unsweetened chocolate cups milk \ Cup sugar cup sifted cake flour 54 teaspoon salt ■ 1 egg or 2 egg yolks, slightly beaten ’2 tablespoons butter 154 teaspoons vanilla, 1 baked 9-inch pie shell 54 cup cream, whipped and sweet ened T4 cup chopped raisins or dates 54 cup broken nut meats Add chocolate to milk and heat in double boiler. When chocolate is melted, beat with rotary egg beater until blended. Combine sugar, flour and salt; add small amount of choco late mixture, stirring until smooth; return to double boiler and cook until thickened, stirring constantly. Then eontinue cooking 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add small amount of mixture to egg, stirring vigorously; return to double boiler and cook 2 minutes longer, stirring constantly. Remove from boiling water; add but ter and vanilla. Cool slightly and turn teto pie shell Chill Before serving, oarer with sweetened whipped cream «• which raisins sr dates and nuU have been added. Line pie plate with pastry, rolled to %-inch thickness, allowing pastry to extend i Inch beyond edge. Fit joase- ly on plate. Fold edge pack Totorm standing rim and flute with fingrrs. Combine eggs, salt, and Sugar ^*dd milk gradually, then add coconut, and mix thoroughly. Pour into pie shell, Bake in hot oven- (400* F.) 15 minutes, then decrease heat to moderate (350° F.) and bake 30 minutes longer. Cool. Peach Pie 1 package orange-flavored gelatin 154 cups warm peach juice and water . 254 cups canned sliced peaches, drained •' i •*. 1 baked 9-inch pie shell Dissolve gelatin in warm peach juice and water. Add peaches. Chill. When slightly thickened, turn into cold pie shell. Chill until firm. Serve with whipped cream. Chocolate Crested Custard Pie 54 recipe Pie Crust __ 3 eggs, slightly beaten 54 teaspoon salt ^ U- 54 cup sugar . * - 3 cups milk, scalded 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 square unsweetened chocolate, melted 2 tablespoons hot water 2 tablespoons sugar Line a deep 9-lnch pie plate with pastry, rolled to 54-lnch thickness. Combine eggs, salt, and sugar. Add milk, stirring constantly. Then add vanilla. Pour into pie shell. Bake in hot oven (400*F.) IB minutes, then de crease heat to moderate (350*F.) and bake 10 minutes longer,- or until knife inserted oomei out clean. . Combine chocolate, water, . and sugar, and blend. Pour over pie filling, place in slow oven (300*F.), and bake 7 to 10 minutes longer, or until shooo- ley of Mexico. “When America was first colonized by white men, wolvee were numerous everywhere in. proportion to the abun dance of game animals. As the popu lation of the continent Increased and most of Its large game was destroyed, wolves disappeared from large parts of their' former domain. They still hre found, however, in the deep forests along onr northern border from Mich igan westward, and south along the Rocky mountains and the Sierra ivatture icj Asiiraiigo* mcxicu, anu mso in all the Gulf states. This year a trapper reported seeing a wolf in northern New York state. . 'Variations in climate within their range in North America have resulted In several geographic races of wolves which show marked differences in size and color. The white Arctic wolf Is the most notable of these, but the gray or timber wolf of the Rocky mountain eastern United States the best known.. The ‘black wolf is a color phase of the familiar wolf. . / "Gray wolves appear to keep the same mates for life, and In the spring their young are born in*natural dens among great rocks, or In a burrow dig for the purpose in a hillside. Their litters consist of from eight to twelve pups. Both parents exercise the great est vigilance for the protection of the several young. The male' kills and brings in game and stands guard in the neighborhood, while the mother de votes most of her time to the pups while Oley ~are~very. feHfaTTn ~~lir "At other times of the year packs, made up generally of parents and the young of the preceding season, bunting together with a mutual helpfulness in pursuing and bringing down their prey, show a high order of intelligence.' Wolves are, In fact, first cousins of the dog, whose mental agility is recog nized bf all. Buffalo Wolves Roamed Plains. "During the existence of the great buffalo herds, packs of big gray ‘buf falo wolves’ roamed Ihe western plains, taking toll wherever It pleased Jhem. With the disappearance of buffalo herds only a few of the wolves sur vived. There have been enough, how ever, not only to commit great ravages among the deer and other game in northern Michigan and on the coastal islands of Alaska, hut also to destroy much live stock in the Rocky moun tain region. "So serious did losses in cattle and sheep on the ranges become that con gress made large appropriations for the destruction of wolves and other predatory animals, and such disturbers of the peace have been greatly reduced in .numbers.'--Xhe necessity of-.action of this kind is shown by the capture In Wyoming of a huge old dog wolf with a definite 1 over 825.000 worth Stock.*’ . * . —49— $17658.81 Distributipn of above loans: , / . ■ ' . •* Note s secured by Bonds and Stocks readily marketable $ 5607.50 Notes secured by Warehoused Cotton 1030.00 Notes secured by Other Collaterals * / 6549.27 Notes”,secured by Two Signer* 1178 04 Notes secured by City Obligations 3300.00 $17659.81 . - > / • ■ ■ . • i . \ ■ * United States Government, Stake of South Carolina and County of Barnwell Bonds 37,394.21 ’ Cotton Commodity Notes and Loan Options I 49,876.16 CASH ON HAND AND DUE ranM RANKS 126,268.89 lank Building, Fixtures and Equipment 6,000.00 . a — 1 -r- — —V *236,199.07/ ~ LIABILITIES; ——— Capital Stock Paid in I $ 25,000.00 Surplug Paid in 5,000.00 Reserve Fund 3,000.00 Undivided Profits, less Current Expenses Paid ___r__ 1,450.06 Demand Deposits l 162,854.34 Savings Deposits — *— 38,735.67 Certified Checks - 150.00 : ; /. —*— : $236,199.07 MEMBER OF FEDERAL DEPOSITJNSURANCE CORPORATION COTTON FARMERS Here’s why you should use Field Tested Fertilizer r A HEAVY. yieU of good »ta- pie cotton is hard to get. 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